PDF: Diagnosis and Symptoms of Tuberculosis

by Symptom Advice on March 16, 2011

This ebook manual review of diagnosis and symptoms of tubercuolis, on how to diagnose, what to do, and when it happens, anyone who is at risk of contracting this disease, etc. This ebook also reviews the relationship between tuberculosis patients infected with HIV.

Table of Contents:

Diagnosis of TuberculosisIn order to diagnose tuberculosis (TB), you mustWhen should TB be suspected?Screening for TB

Symptoms of tuberculosisChest symptomsGeneral symptoms and signsChest x-ray

Confirming tuberculosis: lab confirmationSputum collectionThe AFB smearCultureOther techniques for confirming TB

Susceptibility testingAfter a specimen is confirmed to contain Mycobacterium tuberculosis, another test is done to see if the patient’s particular TB is susceptible or able to be killed by the first-line TB medicationsWays in which drug resistance may become apparentCertain patients are more likely to have drug-resistant TBExtrapulmonary TB (TB outside of the lungs)

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