Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Introduction: Mycobacterium tuberculosis is one of the leading causes of mortality in all over the world. The infection caused by M. tuberculosis is commonly known as tuberculosis or TB. According to a CDC report, in 2012, approximately nine million patients were infected globally with TB and the fatality was around 1.3 million1. It is estimated that nearly one third of the global population is infected with TB. M. tuberculosis was first described by Robert Koch in the year 1882 as the “tubercle

preventive healthcare”,(Wikipedia,2015, pp 1).In this paper, looking at tuberculosis as the most communicable disease which is pandemic and highly infectious in the present age. Tuberculosis in past was known as phthisis,phthsis pulmonalis or consumption. This disease has existed more than 5,000 years and it is has very difficult to eradicate it completely. One-third of the world 's population is thought to have been infected with tuberculosis and new infections occur in about 1% of the population each year

When in regard to the tuberculosis vaccination, parents in the United States should vaccinate their children. Tuberculosis is a disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis that most commonly affects the lungs. The etiologic agent can be expelled from one infected person via a sneeze or a cough, and enter the air and then the body of another person, leading to another infected person (“Tuberculosis, 2012). According to “What is TB?” (n.d.), someone who has diagnosed tuberculosis but is not receiving

Tuberculosis or TB is a widespread, infectious disease caused by different strains of mycobacteria, usually Mycobacterium tuberculosis (other species: bovis, africanum, and microt). It normally affects the lungs but can also spread to other parts of the body. Ocular Tuberculosis refers to the condition when the infection spreads to any part of the eye (or around the eye); this is a relatively rare occurrence. Extraocular TB is the infection of the external eye; it is quite rare and relatively easy

Tuberculosis has been an influential part of global history, causing negative affects worldwide. In fact, tuberculosis caused about 1.3 million deaths in 2012 (Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 2014). This re-emerging infectious disease is relevant to the function and development of the global economy and healthcare system. When learning about the physiology of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and its effects on the human body, one can understand the hardships of current epidemics and the call

Tuberculosis is a contagious disease caused by a bacterial infection. Around 40% of people who have active TB disease have the infection in another part of their body. It can affect several organs of the human body, including the lymph glands, brain, spine, kidneys, or other organ, but it predominately establishes itself in the lungs where it is called Pulmonary TB. Researchers have calculated that in 2012, 8.6 million people fell ill with TB and 1.3 million died from TB. “Tuberculosis is second

scrofula, Pott's disease, and the White Plague are all terms used to refer to tuberculosis throughout history. It is generally accepted that Mycobacterium tuberculosis originated from other, more primitive organisms of the same genus Mycobacterium. Later on in the 18th century in Western Europe, tuberculosis reached its peak with a prevalence as high as 900 deaths per 100,000. The air was contaminated and the sickness of TUBERCULOSIS hung in the air, overcrowded housing made it worse, places weren’t clean

is an contagious disease stem from tuberculosis. Tuberculous Meninaitis is a meningitis due to tuberculosis and is the most severe form of tuberculosis with high morbidity and mortality. Tuberculous Meninaitis is an airborne disease that affects the lungs and could be spread by coughing, sneezing, breathing, talking, and singing. According to the (cdc) "sharing toothbrushes, hugging, and kissing does not spread the infection" because the bacteria mycobacterium turberculosis does not stick to skin

plague but the most common and widely accepted name for this particular disease is Tuberculosis (TB). According to Thomas M. Daniel, “It reached epidemic proportions in Europe and North America during the 18th and 19th centuries” (2006). Rutgers claims that, “fragments of the spinal column from Egyptian mummies from 2400 BCE show definite signs of tuberculosis” (no date listed). Hippocrates even stated that, “Tuberculosis was the most widespread of all of the diseases in his time and was typically fatal”

Introduction Tuberculosis is a bacterial infection disease characterized by the growth of nodules in the tissues, especially the lungs. Tuberculosis is also known as TB. TB can affect anyone if they are exposed to the air droplets of an affected person. TB can affect areas of the body other than the lungs. TB is high contagious and should be take seriously. If gone untreated it can be fatal. Etiology Tuberculosis is a pulmonary disease, which is brought on by the rod shaped bacillus Mycobacterium tuberculosis