Global Alliance For TB Drug Development Seeks to develop and ensure equitable access to new tuberculosis drugs. Features organization information, disease information, new drug development, and news. http://www.tballiance.org/
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Home A 2002 study investigating tuberculosis in Russia, the USA, and the UK. Analysis of both the human and the scientific stories behind the fight against TB. Includes TB links. http://tbproject.tripod.com/
Extractions: var cm_role = "live" var cm_host = "tripod.lycos.com" var cm_taxid = "/memberembedded" W elcome to the website of The TB Investigation Project. Take a look at What's New . Check back regularly for updates. The TB Investigation Project, conducted for registered charity TB Alert , is a journalistic study taking place in 2002 that will investigate and compare aspects of tuberculosis and its control in the Russian Federation, the United States of America, and the United Kingdom. Conducted by Robert Stellman, The Project will focus as much on the views and attitudes of health workers and patients - the human story of the fight against TB - as it will on the scientific element.
Tuberculosis tuberculosis. tuberculosis. What you need to know about tuberculosis. tuberculosis / drug therapy. John Hopkins Center for tuberculosis Research. http://omni.ac.uk/browse/mesh/C0041296L0041296.html
Extractions: low graphics Tuberculosis Tuberculosis / drug therapy Tuberculosis / epidemiology Tuberculosis / pathology ... Tuberculosis / therapy broader: Mycobacterium Infections other: Antitubercular Agents Leprosy narrower: Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis, Pulmonary What you need to know about tuberculosis FAQs about infection, disease, treatment and the prevention of tuberculosis. This site is aimed at the public, and can be viewed in English or Spanish. Published on the web by NOAH (New York Online Access to Health), a collaboration between the City University of New York, the New York Academy of Medicine, New York Metropolitan Reference and Research Library Agency, and the New York Public Library. Tuberculosis Patient Education CDC HIV/STD/TB prevention news update database A database of abstracts of articles and reports on HIV, AIDS, TB and STD related information in the news, including research findings and epidemic trends. Information is gathered from various press and news agencies. Each record contains bibliographic information about the article or news item, plus a short summary. You can view today's news update, or choose to search entire database of 26,000+ records. It is also possible to receive the summaries by email, instructions for doing so are given here. This service is provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Prevention Information Network (CDC NPIN) in the USA. Tuberculosis Sexually Transmitted Diseases Databases, Bibliographic
Extractions: Abstract Tuberculosis is endemic, with nearly 2 billion carriers worldwide. Aviation medical examiners should be alert to both its pulmonary and extrapulmonary manifestations, especially in the international traveler. Uveitis is a rare presentation of tuberculosis, but that diagnosis must be considered in the differential, even in the absence of pulmonary disease. Promptly treated, tuberculosis should not interfere with the resumption of a career in aviation and does not generally require special follow up. I n the context of medical certification of airmen, uveitis is significant both as a threat to vision and as a clue to underlying illness. This case provides an opportunity to address both the management of uveitis and several aspects of tuberculosis screening and management in the flight environment. Specifically, skin testing, treatment, and follow up will be discussed. A 34 year-old airman in the USAF Reserve applied in 1998 for renewal of his first-class medical certificate, noting a "past history of uveitis, left eye, resolved 3 years ago." Further investigation revealed that he had been found to have a newly positive tuberculin reaction in June 1994. At that time, he had no weight loss, a normal lung exam, and his chest radiograph was normal. However, slit lamp examination found evidence of uveitis, which was diagnosed as "miliary." He was treated with a course of Isoniazid and Rifampin for 6 mo, with resolution of the uveitis and with a persistently normal chest radiograph and absence of constitutional symptoms. He received a full medical waiver in August 1995 and retained a normal eye exam in April 1998. His first-class certificate was subsequently renewed.
Extractions: Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease caused by a germ (bacterium) called Mycobacterium tuberculosis . This germ usually affects the lungs but may involve any organ and may infect anyone at any age. In the United States, the number of TB cases steadily decreased until 1986 when an increase was noted. Since 1992, TB is declining. In 2002, the case rate was 5.2 per 100,000 with approximately 15,000 new cases of active disease each year. Many TB cases are related to HIV/AIDS, homelessness, drug abuse and foreign-born persons. TB is a contagious or infectious disease that is spread from person-to-person. A person is usually infected by inhaling the germs that have been sprayed into the air by someone with the active disease who coughs. However, inhaling the germ does not usually mean you will develop active disease. A person's natural body defenses are usually able to control the infection so that it does not cause disease. In this case, the person would be infected, but does not have active disease. Only about 10% of those infected will actually develop TB in their lifetimes. Active disease can occur in an infected person when the body's resistance is low or if there is a large or prolonged exposure to the germs that overcome the body's natural defenses. The body's response to active TB infection produces inflammation that can eventually damage the lungs. The amount of damage may be quite extensive, yet the symptoms may be minimal. The usual symptoms of disease due to TB are:
VersaPharm Pharmaceutical developer and marketer of specialty prescription products to the United States, working to develop and deliver pharmaceuticals primarily for treatment areas of tuberculosis, Hemophilia, and other blood disorders. http://www.versapharm.com/
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Mycobacterium Tuberculosis CDC1551 Information www.euroTB.org EuroTB, Surveillance of tuberculosis in Europe Translate this page www.euroTB.org EuroTB, Surveillance of tuberculosis in Europe http://www.tigr.org/tigr-scripts/CMR2/GenomePage3.spl?database=gmt
TB Alert Details about this charity which supports health projects worldwide and promotes awareness of tuberculosis. Includes publications, a newsletter and links. http://www.tbalert.org
Extractions: TB Alert is a charity, set up to respond to the desperate global challenge of tuberculosis - the disease that never did really go away, and which today is killing millions of people every year. TB Alert supports projects world wide that target tuberculosis. It also helps to raise awareness about TB and the problem that is still with us. The main website rquires a browser that can view frames.
Postgraduate Medicine: Management Of Tuberculosis Management of tuberculosis. Choosing an effective regimen and ensuring compliance. This is the third of four articles on tuberculosis. http://www.postgradmed.com/issues/2000/08_00/lazarus.htm
Extractions: CAPT Angeline Lazarus, MC, USN; LCDR John Sanders, MC, USNR VOL 108 / NO 2 / AUGUST 2000 / POSTGRADUATE MEDICINE CME learning objectives The authors disclose no financial interests in this article. This is the third of four articles on tuberculosis This page is best viewed with a browser that supports tables Preview Lazarus A, Sanders J. Management of tuberculosis: choosing an effective regimen and ensuring compliance. Postgrad Med 2000;108(2):71-84 B efore the advent of effective chemotherapy for tuberculosis (TB), treatment strategies included bed rest, improved nutrition, lung collapse, surgical excision of diseased lung, and isolation. These methods reduced the incidence but not the mortality of TB (1). The first effective drug against TB, para-aminosalicylic acid, was identified in 1944. In the subsequent four decades, additional anti-TB agents were introduced that have become the foundation of therapy: streptomycin sulfate, isoniazid (Laniazid), ethambutol hydrochloride (Myambutol), rifampin (Rifadin, Rimactane), and pyrazinamide. At present, with the emergence of drug resistance, a four-drug initial regimen using directly observed therapy is recommended as standard care (2,3).
Welcome To Malaria Vaccine Clinical Trials Details an initiative that uses volunteers for vaccines developed for the prevention of malaria and tuberculosis. http://www.malaria-vaccines.org.uk
Tuberculosis Statistics Disease Index, Health Senior Services, NJ InTouch. Communicable Disease Service tuberculosis Control Program. tuberculosis Statistics. http://www.state.nj.us/health/cd/tbstats/
Investigation Of Boyds Sanitarium This ghosthunting page provides a history and recent photographs of this one-time mountainside tuberculosis sanitarium near Las Cruces, New Mexico. http://www.sgha.net/boyds.html
Extractions: Aerial photograph of the site. View of the Kitchen from the stone steps leading to the patient's quarters. The Sanitarium was constructed in 1910 by Nathan Boyd, a medical doctor from Las Cruces. The resort was designed to isolate tuberculosis victims from the booming society in Mesilla and Las Cruces. About three decades later, it was recommissioned as a mental institute. The patients were treated atrociously and many were killed or exiled, kicked out and left to die in the mountains. After its short lived era as a luxurious mountain resort, it was condemned and left to the mercy of the elements. Numerous spirits are known to wander the canyon. Some visitors have reported having nightmares while camping overnight of the people who were involved in the resort's past. Dreams of mental patient beatings, and rows of TB patients undergoing dangerous experiments.
: The AMEDEO Literature Guide GoldenLinks4Doctors.com The Best Medical Websites. tuberculosis. New articles, http://www.amedeo.com/medicine/tb.htm
Extractions: Amedeo Bacterial Infections For a complete list of topics, see the Amedeo homepage Furthermore, we will assign you a free personal Web page for the one-time downloads of all available abstracts ( see example for Amedeo Hypertension). Your personal literature Web page is located on one of our servers and will be updated for you once weekly. For further detailed bibliographic information, we recommend the PubMed site
Familydoctor.org/handouts/120.html TB Controltuberculosis The World Bank is committed to responding to the global tuberculosis (TB) epidemic and does so through policy dialogue and advice, country http://familydoctor.org/handouts/120.html
Extractions: Advanced Search familydoctor.org Home Conditions A to Z Infections ... Common Infections Tuberculosis What is tuberculosis? What does it mean if I have a positive test? Do I have tuberculosis if I have a positive PPD test? Would I know if I developed active tuberculosis? ... Could I still get active tuberculosis after I take the medicine for 6 months? Printer-friendly version Email this article Tuberculosis (say: "too-burr-cue-low-sis") also called TB, is an infection caused by a bacteria (a germ). Tuberculosis usually affects the lungs, but it can spread to the kidneys, bones, spine, brain and other parts of the body. Return to top The most commonly used skin test to check for tuberculosis is the PPD. If you have a positive PPD, it means you have been exposed to a person who has tuberculosis and you are now infected with the bacteria that causes the disease. Return to top Not necessarily. A person can be infected with the bacteria that causes tuberculosis and not have tuberculosis disease. Many people are infected with the bacteria that causes tuberculosis, but only a few of these people (about 10%) go on to develop the disease. People who have the disease are said to have "active" tuberculosis.
AllAfrica.com: Tuberculosis back , tuberculosis Top News, tuberculosis Latest News, more , May 19. Zambia AIDS Claims 350 Inmates ABOUT 350 prisoners died from http://allafrica.com/tuberculosis/
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SA HealthInfo - Health Knowledge Network Offers information on HIV AIDS, alcohol and drug abuse, chronic disease prevention, nutrition, tuberculosis, malaria and other health issues in southern Africa. http://www.sahealthinfo.org/
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ASK THE VET (Tuberculosis) Forum Talk. ASK THE VET (tuberculosis). tuberculosis is an infectious granulomatous (walled off area of infection) disease of animals and people. http://www.theaviary.com/s1295-63.shtml
Extractions: This article first appeared in SQUAWK, the newsletter of the Big Apple Bird Association, and appears here with permission. Tuberculosis is an infectious granulomatous (walled off area of infection) disease of animals and people. It is caused by an acid-fast bacterial rod known as mycobacterium. In humans, TB is caused by M. tuberculosis, M. bovis, and occasionally, M. avium. In birds, M. avium is the usual agent although M. bovis and M. tuberculosis can cause disease as well. In humans, the incidence of TB is increasing, especially in people whose immune systems are compromised, such as those infected with the AIDS virus. All birds are susceptible to avian tuberculosis. It is most prevalent where there is a high population density, such as in zoos, or collections of birds. Brotogerid parakeets, ringneck and related parakeets, amazons, Grey Cheeks, and pionus parrots seem to be especially susceptible. Although sudden death can occur in a bird with normal body weight, the usual presentation of a bird with TB is one of progressive weight loss in spite of a good appetite. Depression, diarrhea, increased thirst, and respiratory difficulty may also be present. Decreased egg production often occurs in birds that were laying eggs. Once the disease appears, it is impossible to eliminate. Eventual death is the usual outcome.
