Monday, November 28, 2011

what is the common name for mycobacterium tuberculosis

what is the common name for mycobacterium tuberculosis?
hey, when it says what is the scientific name for tb, it says mycobacterium tuberculosis, and common name, mycobacterium tuberculosis. i know mycobacterium tuberculosis is the scientific name. what is the common name!?
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Tuberculosis.
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The scientific name is Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex. There is no common name. It's usually called Mycobacterium tuberculosis or Mycbacterium TB.
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The common name is bacillus of Koch, because Heinrich Herman Robert Koch (11 December 1843 â€“ 27 May 1910) was a German physician that discribe this bacteria and others.He was a German physician. He became famous for isolating Bacillus anthracis (1877), the Tuberculosis bacillus (1882) and the Vibrio cholera (1883) and for his development of Koch's postulates. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his tuberculosis findings in 1905. He is considered one of the founders of microbiologyâ€”he inspired such major figures as Paul Ehrlich and Gerhard Domagk

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Thursday, November 24, 2011

Does my husbamd need to be tested for Tuberculosis

Does my husbamd need to be tested for Tuberculosis?
My husband was in Mexico this past week because his father died of the disease. He did not have contact with him but he was in contact with people that were around his father before his passing. Is there a chance he may have been infected and needs to test for it? and now should my daughter and I be tested as well?
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there is no harm in all of you being tested. Go for it...better safe than sorry.
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Yep, if any of you have been around someone with active TB, you should at least get tested. It is an easy test. Just a skin test. You can get it done and read in 48 hours. It will give you peace of mind And it will give you a place to get meds if necessary.
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you should all be tested.
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All of you should probably be treated for exposure. Go to your doctor as soon as possible to discuss the prophylactic treatment.
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Everyone needs to be tested. The skin test (mantoux, PPD is what they are called) is easy and not very expensive. You can have it without any symptoms at all.
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Active TB is contagious, however, one usually needs to be in contact with the disease for extended periods of time in order to acquire it. Getting tested is fairly quick and easy and can be done at pretty much any Dr's office or med center. It might not be a bad idea to get tested even if the odds of your husband getting it are very low.
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test! but a black light will kill the airborne disease....but if anyone is infected you must seek treatment immediately!
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Hun You should be tested once a year for TB no mater where you have been for you can get infected by it with out evening knowing who gave it to you!! HUGGGS Robecca
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You should wait three months before getting a skin test. A tb skin test before that period could possibly give a false-negative. Tb is contagious but, just being in the room with people that may have the disease, or have been exposed themselves, does not mean your husband was infected. There is no need to have yourself and daughter tested unless your husband is skin test positive. It is not a bad idea to be tested once a year, if you are around high-risk people. I am tested twice a year because I work periodically in a tb lab. Have your husband tested in three months just to put yourself at ease. It will most likely be negative. If he IS positive, he will have to take drugs for a minimum of three to six months. It is very important that all the medications be taken, as prescribed. Tb can be easily cured, but only if the drugs are taken correctly

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Sunday, November 20, 2011

tuberculosis linked to San Francisco clubs

tuberculosis linked to San Francisco clubs?
Has anyone heard of this? My friend called me last night telling me how her mom saw a newscast stating that there was a possibility that some recent tuberculosis cases were caught while in a club in San Francisco. But I tried looking up the news story online and couldnt find anything. And I was planning on going to one tonight, should I have anything to worry about?
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I haven't heard this, and it sounds like a rumor. The general pattern of TB infections in the US is almost identical to the patterns in AIDS since people rarely get TB unless they have a compromised immune system or close physical contact with another person infected with TB. So, one might assume that clubs frequented by gay men would have a higher prevalence of TB, but i have no idea if this is actually true. People infected with TB often have no symptoms for many years after they initially get the infection, so it can readily be passed on. It makes little sense that TB could be traced to a particular club - you can't end up with a building becoming infected - it's the people in a building that create a risk, and even then the people are not a risk unless you have close physical contact with them.
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There is an ongoing investigation. You can find the details here: http://www.ebar.com/news/article.php?sec=news&article=3621

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Wednesday, November 16, 2011

How does tuberculosis affect the human body

How does tuberculosis affect the human body?

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Tuberculosis floods blood into the lungs, and causes you to bleed internally.
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TB was previously very prevalent however there is now a vacine so it isn't too common in wetsreised countries. TB is a spore that gets into your lungs and geneally gives you debilitating flu like symptoms. A cough is commonly accompanied by spots of blood in the saliva and lathargy is quite common. Hope I hav helped you. TB can be cured so if you suspect you have i, get a test called a mantoux (man-too) performed.
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it is a contagions lung disease and it can kill you. that is what tuberculosis can do.
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Tuberculosis (commonly shortened to TB) is an infection caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis, which most commonly affects the lungs (pulmonary TB) but can also affect the central nervous system (meningitis), lymphatic system, circulatory system (Miliary tuberculosis), genitourinary system, bones and joints. Tuberculosis is one of the most deadly and common major infectious diseases today, infecting two billion people, or approximately one-third ( WHO TB.) of the world's population. Nine million new cases of the disease, resulting in two million deaths, occur annually, mostly in developing countries. However, developed countries are not spared the burden of tuberculosis. There is a rising number of people in the developed world who contract tuberculosis because they have compromised immune systems, typically as a result of immunosupressive drugs or HIV/AIDS. These people are at particular risk of tuberculosis infection and active tuberculosis disease. Most of those infected (90%) have asymptomatic latent TB infection (LTBI). There is a 10% lifetime chance that LTBI will progress to TB disease which, if left untreated, will kill more than 50% of its victims. TB is one of the top three infectious killing diseases in the world: TB kills 2 million, and malaria kills 1 million. The neglect of TB control programs, HIV/AIDS, and immigration has caused a resurgence of tuberculosis. Multiple drug resistant strains of TB (MDR-TB) and Extreme Drug-Resistance in Tuberculosis (XDR-TB) are emerging. The World Health Organization declared TB a global health emergency in 1993, and the Stop TB Partnership proposed a Global Plan to Stop Tuberculosis which aims to save an additional 14 million lives between 2006 and 2015

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Saturday, November 12, 2011

Is the tuberculosis an eradicated disease

Is the tuberculosis an eradicated disease?
I know that in the past, many people had died from this disease. But, I want to know if is today still active or not. Thanks xx
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It most certainly is. In fact, 1/3 of the world's population (about 2 billion people) have either latent or active TB. It is particularly prevalent in sub-Saharan Africa, India, South-East Asia and Eastern Europe. There is treatment for it, but it is not by any means an eradicated disease.
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nope -it's alive and well all over the world. it is very common in the immigrant populations in the US.
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Absolutely still active and on the rise since the advent of AIDS. Also there are some strains of the TB bacillus that have become resistant to the usual treatment

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Tuesday, November 8, 2011

What specific gene(s) caused M. tuberculosis to gain it's resistance

What specific gene(s) caused M. tuberculosis to gain it's resistance?
What are the characteristics of this organism, anything I can talk abut related to it, that would capture the attention of a microbiologist is great. So please help me discover those topics. Thanks.
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis in an interesting little organism. It's surface contains a lot of lipids, which make it hydrophobic (repels water). This not only makes it difficult to stain, but makes it difficult to disinfect with traditional methods. It is classified as an "acid-fast" organism because it requires a special staining technique. It divides very slowly (only once every 12-24 hours) which make clinical identification somewhat tricky. TB is a big factor in worldwide mortality, particularly, with the advent of the AIDS/HIV virus. So, I do not know the specifics, but I know that most genes responsible for antibiotic resistances are located on "plasmids" which are circular chromosomes located outside the bacteriums primary chromosome. Bacteria, particularly closely related species have a primitive form of sexual reproduction during which they switch around plasmids. Developing antibacterial resistance is basically a form of evolution

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Friday, November 4, 2011

How deadly is tuberculosis

How deadly is tuberculosis?
I took a TB test 2 days ago and I got a positive for it today. I'm only 15, but it seems like I might have caught tuberculosis from my friends who were already diagnosed with it. I still need to get xrays tomorrow, but there's a chance I might have it. I was wondering how deadly is this? What are the chances of it spreading to others around me, and the chances of death. I'd rather die than get others to wound up like me, so it'd be greatly appreciated if I could get some answers. thanks!
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Ok TB wonâ€™t kill you but it has got bad effect in it, youâ€™re lucky you got it now not years ago when it would have killed you. TB was once a major killer in Britain. Ok some kind of TB canâ€™t be passed on unless you eat someoneâ€™s green thing that comes from the throat, and others can be passed on through the air, you will need to get HIV test as well, because there can be linked. Plus these only a 6month treatment in where the capsules reduce the amount by each month, some from 11 a day to 3 a day. These are 2 different type one is early and other is latter, here these are below the symptoms that you should be feeling. Early infection symptoms: Fever Chills Sweating Night sweats Flu-like symptoms Gastrointestinal symptoms Weight loss No appetite Weakness Fatigue Symptoms of chronic lung infection (pulmonary tuberculosis): Persistent cough Chest pain Coughing up bloody sputum Shortness of breath Breathing difficulty Recurring bouts of fever Weight loss Progressive shortness of breath Urine discoloration Cloudy urine Reddish urine Sadly you can never knew where you got the TB from or how long you had it for, the best thing is not to boost about it and keep it to yourself, your not a danger and you be ok.
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first of all, you dont have tb. you tested positive to EXPOSURE to tb. if your chest xray comes back negative, then you have latent tb. if it comes back positive, you have active tb. both latent and active tb are treated with antibiotics. latent is treated with an oral antibiotic over 4-9 months, depending on whats going on. active tb, is a 4-drug combination therapy that is pretty aggressive. both have an extremely good success rate of recovery (near 100%). if not treated, and you have latent tb, you may never develop active tb and may live the rest of your life fine. but if you do develop active tb, then it is 100% fatal if untreated. as i said, if treated, the opposite is true. best wishes. you have nothing to fear.
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TB is really deadly disease.the best thing you can do is to do ACID FAST BACILLI test.then you can start the treatment once you are positve. If you drink the medicine very well the death will not come.as we know that this disease is airborne infection which can transmit thru air and remains in environment and will infect more peoples around you.so...take action to cure you from this disease

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Tuesday, November 1, 2011

Is the chest x ray will normal after full treatment of Tuberculosis

Is the chest x ray will normal after full treatment of Tuberculosis?

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Probably not... it will probably show some scarring

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