Category: Tuberculosis

How much it costs to treat tuberculosis varies from person to person and cannot be generalized. In the case of ordinary type III invasive tuberculosis, the treatment time is six…

The preferred drug for the treatment of tuberculosis is the first-line drug. The five main first-line anti-TB treatment drugs are rifampin, isoniazid, ethambutol, pyrazinamide, and streptomycin. Most patients can be…

Commonly used prophylactic dosing regimens include isoniazid alone, rifampin alone, isoniazid and rifampin in combination, isoniazid and rifapentine in combination, and rifampin and pyrazinamide in combination. The course of medication…

In case of open pulmonary tuberculosis, contact with TB patients should be reduced as much as possible during the infectious period, and if contact is necessary, a mask should be…

Generally, only adults with abnormal immunity or elderly people or small children with low immunity are susceptible to TB if they come into contact with a patient who has infectious…

In the event of a cluster outbreak of TB in a school. The first step is to report it to the school, to the local CDC and to the health…

Tuberculosis lesions are manifestations of lesions that damage the lungs after Mycobacterium tuberculosis has invaded the body. In the case of X-ray imaging, it may appear as patches, nodules, cords,…

Tuberculosis is a contagious disease that is mainly spread through respiratory droplets. In particular, TB patients who are sputum positive are more contagious, and visiting such TB patients is a…

Cutaneous tuberculosis is a type of tuberculosis and is a skin lesion caused by direct invasion of the skin by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. In the treatment, the skin is treated as…

Tuberculosis is highly prevalent in the following groups: 1) school students are at high risk for tuberculosis due to their high concentration; 2) diabetic patients are at high risk for…