Tuberculosis Definition–noun Pathology. | 1. | an infectious disease that may affect almost any tissue of the body, esp. the lungs, caused by the organism Mycobacterium tuberculosis, and characterized by tubercles. |
| 2. | this disease when affecting the lungs; pulmonary phthisis; consumption. |
| 3. | any disease caused by a mycobacterium. |
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infectious disease that is caused by the tubercle bacillus, Mycobacterium tuberculosis. In most forms of the disease, the bacillus spreads slowly and widely in the lungs, causing the formation of ...
Pott disease
disease caused by infection of the spinal column, or vertebral column, by the tuberculosis bacillus, Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Pott disease is characterized by softening and collapse of the ...
reproductive system disease
Primary tuberculosis of the reproductive system is rare and is usually brought from elsewhere in the body through the bloodstream. Nodular or pustular lesions on the penis or scrotum of men or the ...
respiratory disease
Of all the lung diseases caused by bacteria, pulmonary tuberculosis is historically by far the most important. Particular features of this dreaded condition include the severe general debilitation ...
Health and Disease
In the late 1990s cases of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) that was resistant to the first-line drugs isoniazid and rifampicin emerged in much of the world. Such cases required treatment ...
tuberculosis
Evidence that M. tuberculosis and humans have long coexisted comes primarily from studies of bone samples collected from a Neolithic human settlement in the eastern Mediterranean. Genetic evidence ...
hospital
Between 1880 and 1940 tuberculosis hospitals provided rest, relaxation, special diets, and fresh air, and even if the tuberculosis was in an early stage, a stay of more than two years was thought ...
medicine, history of
If, as is universally accepted, prevention is better than cure, immunization is the ideal way of dealing with diseases caused by microorganisms. An effective, safe vaccine protects the individual ...
tuberculosis
The tubercle bacillus is a small, rod-shaped bacterium that is extremely hardy; it can survive for months in a state of dryness and can also resist the action of mild disinfectants. Infection spreads ...
Koch, Robert
Koch concentrated his efforts on the study of tuberculosis, with the aim of isolating its cause. Although it was suspected that tuberculosis was caused by an infectious agent, the organism had not ...
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