Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Running head: Epidemiology paper: Tuberculosis Epidemiology Paper: Tuberculosis Richard Doria Grand Canyon University NRS-427V October 5, 2014 Epidemiology Paper: Tuberculosis “Tuberculosis (TB), a multisystem disease with myriad presentations and manifestations, is the most common cause of infectious disease–related mortality worldwide. Although TB rates are decreasing in the United States, the disease is becoming more common in many parts of the world. In addition, the prevalence of

INFECTIOUS DISEASE: TUBERCULOSIS Tuberculosis is one of the leading infectious diseases around the world. Globally, infectious diseases like tuberculosis among others continue to be one of the leading causes of death in children, adolescents and of the leading causes in adults (WHO). The purpose of this article is to examine and discuss mostly the etiology of tuberculosis, as well as its cause and spread. To better understand the subject of tuberculosis as an infectious disease and the problem it

Rego 999124647 October 31st, 2014 IMM250H1-F Tuberculosis Tuberculosis (TB) is a contagious infection that most commonly occurs in the lungs. It was originally called “susica”, coming from the Greek word for “consumption”. The causative agent, Mycobacterium Tuberculosis (Mtb), was discovered by the hands of the famous scientist, Robert Koch. Koch was able to discover the causative agent of TB in 1882 to be the rod-shaped mycobacterium tuberculosis, and its pathology. The means of transmission

hemisphere (e.g. United States, Canada) is Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC)6. Non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) are ubiquitous in the environment and are most notable for their presence in pipes of the drinking water system3, 5. It has been suggested that NTM infections are more associated with environmental forms of transmission, such as the ingestion of contaminated drinking water3, than with infectious forms of transmission (such as that used by M. tuberculosis)1, 5. One hypothesis explaining how children

Guérin developed a weakened strain of Mycobacterium bovis, which many countries have used as a vaccine. Another major method to prevent tuberculosis was to treat people with a tuberculous infection without the disease. Many patients in the 1950s did not receive appropriate treatment because their conditions were never properly diagnosed as tuberculosis. While there was effective chemotherapy for tuberculosis, patients were diagnosed with untreated tuberculosis. At the turn of the century, it was estimated

The Disease Tuberculosis Tuberculosis, a disease caused by the bacteria Mycobacterium tuberculosis, has been around for thousands of years. In fact, one of the earliest cases of tuberculosis, known as TB, or often referred to as the White Plague, because of the pale skin of the Caucasians who wasted away from it, was found in a young man from Germany about 7,000 years ago. Scientists believe tuberculosis was probably an extremely common disease in Ancient Egypt, and throughout the centuries

resistant tuberculosis has not only impacted India it has impacted other countries like Africa. Multi-drug resistant tuberculosis is when the regular medicine such as isoniazid and rifampicin one of the two anti-tuberculosis drugs used, the resistance can occur either through not following the proper treatment guidelines or from a drug resistant bacteria, tuberculosis can be caused from Mycobacterium Tuberculosis a bacteria that causes tuberculosis which attacks the lungs. Tuberculosis occurs through

Once believed to be easily treated and prevented, Tuberculosis (TB) has recently been making a steady comeback. Previous to modern medicine, TB claimed millions of victims, spreading from person to person like wildfire. Around the 17th-18th centuries, the “White Plague” took the lives of 1 in 5 adults (20%) in Europe and North America (Iseman, 1994). However, as technological advances progressed, this seemingly ferocious viral disease became a primal, insignificant thing of the past. But, in the

Tuberculosis Tubercle bacillus, more commonly known as Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease that is contagious and airborne. TB is in many cases fatal, infectious disease caused by the strains of mycobacteria. Tuberculosis will typically infect the lungs, but is capable of spreading to other parts of the body. An infected individual can spread the infection by coughing, sneezing, laughing or otherwise transmit of respiratory fluids through the air. Tuberculosis ranks as the second leading

Description March 24, 1882 was a very special day that started the evolutional study of Tuberculosis. A German physician and scientist named Robert Koch was the first to publish work on tubercle bacillus. In 1890, Koch isolated a substance from tubercle bacillus that could render harmless pathogenic bacteria. After his findings, he created an injection, which he later called tuberculin. Koch injected himself with the concentrated tuberculin. While observing himself he found that the bacteria violently