Not Signed In -
Tuberculosis |
|
|
Tuberculosis (commonly abbreviated as 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. As of 2004, 14.6 million people have active TB disease with nine million new cases of t ...
Wikipedia - [full article]
Tuberculosis Organizations
- National Women's Health Information Center http://www.4woman.gov/
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention http://www.cdc.gov/
- Medline Plus http://medlineplus.gov/
- National Institutes of Health http://www.nih.gov/
- Nemours Foundation http://www.Nemours.org
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases http://www.cancer.gov/
- American Academy of Family Physicians http://www.aafp.org/
- National Center for Infectious Diseases
- American College of Radiology, Radiological Society of North America
- American Lung Association http://www.lungusa.org/
- National Jewish Medical and Research Center http://www.njc.org/
- National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention
- National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/index.htm
- Lab Tests Online http://www.labtestsonline.org/
- MayoClinic http://www.mayoclinic.com/
- Cleveland Clinic http://www.clevelandclinic.org
- University of Maryland Medical Center http://www.umm.edu/
Resources
- 2003 TB Rates Remain High for Foreign-Born, Racial and Ethnic Minority Populations (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- American Lung Association
email this page
print this page
bookmark this page
feedback on this page
