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Tuberculosis
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Latest News
- Latest News
- Promising New TB Drug Enters Clinical Trial (06/14/2005, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)
- New TB Blood Test As Good As Old Skin Test (06/08/2005, United Press International)
- Global Efforts Needed to Combat Drug-Resistant TB (06/07/2005, Reuters Health)
From the National Institutes of Health
- From the National Institutes of Health
- Learn about Tuberculosis (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases) - Links to PDF
Also available in: Spanish - Learn about Tuberculosis Infection (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases) - Links to PDF
Also available in: Spanish - Tuberculosis Overview (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)
Overviews
- Overviews
- Questions and Answers about TB (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Tuberculosis (Mayo Clinic)
- Tuberculosis
(Patient Education Institute) - Requires Flash Player
Also available in: Spanish - Tuberculosis (TB) (American Lung Association)
Diagnosis/Symptoms
- Diagnosis/Symptoms
- AFB Culture (American Association for Clinical Chemistry)
- QuantiFERON-TB (Food and Drug Administration) - Links to PDF
- Radiography (X-Ray): Chest (American College of Radiology, Radiological Society of North America)
- Tuberculosis: The Meaning of a Positive Test (American Academy of Family Physicians)
Treatment
- Treatment
- Tuberculosis: Treatment of Active Tuberculosis (American Academy of Family Physicians)
- Tuberculosis: Treatment of Tuberculosis Infection (American Academy of Family Physicians)
Prevention/Screening
- Prevention/Screening
- TB Skin Test (American Association for Clinical Chemistry)
- You Can Prevent TB (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
Specific Conditions
- Specific Conditions
- Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis (American Lung Association)
- Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) (National Jewish Medical and Research Center)
Related Issues
- Related Issues
- Connection between TB and HIV (the AIDS Virus) (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
Also available in: Spanish - Traveler's Health: Tuberculosis (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
Research
- Research
- First U.S. Tuberculosis Vaccine Trial in 60 Years Begins (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)
Organizations
Statistics
- Statistics
- 2003 TB Rates Remain High for Foreign-Born, Racial and Ethnic Minority Populations (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- TB Elimination: Now Is the Time! (National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention)
Also available in: Spanish - Tuberculosis in the United States, 2004 (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
Children
- Children
- Pediatric Tuberculosis (American Lung Association)
- TB (Tuberculosis) (Virtual Hospital)
(National Women's Health Information Center)Other Languages
- Other Languages
- Tuberculosis Information - Albanian: Informacion Per Tuberkulozin (1) (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - In Albanian
- Tuberculosis Information - Albanian: Informacion Per Tuberkulozin (2) (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - In Albanian