tuberculosis

what is tuberculosis?

• bacterial infection caused by streptococcus aureus

• bacterial infection caused by mycobacterium tuberculosis

• viral infection caused by mycobacterium tuberculosis

• bacterial infection caused by influenza A

TB spread through

• kissing

• sharing food and drink

• sneeze

• fecal

signs and symptoms of tuberculosis

• fever

• orthopnea

• epistaxis

• blisters

standard regimens for pulmonary tuberculosis

• two months of ethambutol, isoniazid, rifampicin and pyrazinamide, followed by four to seven months of isoniazid and rifampicin

• two months of ethambutol, isoniazid, rifampicin and pyrazinamide, followed by 10 months of isoniazid and rifampicin

• two months of ethambutol, isoniazid, rifampicin and pyrazinamide, followed by four months of isoniazid and rifampicin

• two months of ethambutol, isoniazid, rifampicin and pyrazinamide, followed by four months of isoniazid and rifampicin

tuberculin skin test

• must be read within 48-72 hours

• must be read within 24-48 hours

• must be read within a week

• must be read within 1 hour