Understanding Tuberculosis
Mycobacterium tuberculosis is a disease that is transmitted through aerosol. This is the reason why it is estimated that a third of humankind is already infected by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. The vast majority of the infected do not know about their status. Mycobacterium tuberculosis is a silent pa...
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| description | Mycobacterium tuberculosis is a disease that is transmitted through aerosol. This is the reason why it is estimated that a third of humankind is already infected by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. The vast majority of the infected do not know about their status. Mycobacterium tuberculosis is a silent pathogen, causing no symptomatology at all during the infection. In addition, infected people cannot cause further infections. Unfortunately, an estimated 10 per cent of the infected population has the probability to develop the disease, making it very difficult to eradicate. Once in this stage, the bacilli can be transmitted to other persons and the development of clinical symptoms is very progressive. Therefore the diagnosis, especially the discrimination between infection and disease, is a real challenge. In this book, we present the experience of worldwide specialists on the diagnosis, along with its lights and shadows. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1291162024-03-31T22:45:47Z Understanding Tuberculosis Cardona, Pere-Joan Infectious & contagious diseases thema EDItEUR::M Medicine and Nursing::MJ Clinical and internal medicine::MJC Diseases and disorders::MJCJ Infectious and contagious diseases Mycobacterium tuberculosis is a disease that is transmitted through aerosol. This is the reason why it is estimated that a third of humankind is already infected by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. The vast majority of the infected do not know about their status. Mycobacterium tuberculosis is a silent pathogen, causing no symptomatology at all during the infection. In addition, infected people cannot cause further infections. Unfortunately, an estimated 10 per cent of the infected population has the probability to develop the disease, making it very difficult to eradicate. Once in this stage, the bacilli can be transmitted to other persons and the development of clinical symptoms is very progressive. Therefore the diagnosis, especially the discrimination between infection and disease, is a real challenge. In this book, we present the experience of worldwide specialists on the diagnosis, along with its lights and shadows. 2023-12-01T14:51:27Z 2023-12-01T14:51:27Z 2012 book ONIX_20231201_9789533079387_223 9789533079387 9789535143604 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/129116 eng image/jpeg n/a https://www.intechopen.com/books/977 https://mts.intechopen.com/storage/books/977/authors_book/authors_book.pdf IntechOpen IntechOpen 10.5772/1483 10.5772/1483 78a36484-2c0c-47cb-ad67-2b9f5cd4a8f6 9789533079387 9789535143604 IntechOpen 564 open access |
| spellingShingle | Infectious & contagious diseases thema EDItEUR::M Medicine and Nursing::MJ Clinical and internal medicine::MJC Diseases and disorders::MJCJ Infectious and contagious diseases Understanding Tuberculosis |
| title | Understanding Tuberculosis |
| title_full | Understanding Tuberculosis |
| title_fullStr | Understanding Tuberculosis |
| title_full_unstemmed | Understanding Tuberculosis |
| title_short | Understanding Tuberculosis |
| title_sort | understanding tuberculosis |
| topic | Infectious & contagious diseases thema EDItEUR::M Medicine and Nursing::MJ Clinical and internal medicine::MJC Diseases and disorders::MJCJ Infectious and contagious diseases |
| topic_facet | Infectious & contagious diseases thema EDItEUR::M Medicine and Nursing::MJ Clinical and internal medicine::MJC Diseases and disorders::MJCJ Infectious and contagious diseases |
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