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Of or pertaining to the prevention and treatment of illness, and the preservation of physical and mental well-being, through the services provided by medical professionals.
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directly observed therapy (DOT)
Health care; Tuberculosis
An adherence-enhancing strategy in which an HCW or other designated person watches the patient swallow each dose of medication.
DNA probe
Health care; Tuberculosis
A technique that allows rapid and precise identification of mycobacteria (e.g., M. tuberculosis and M. bovis) that are grown in culture. The identification can often be completed ...
droplet nuclei
Health care; Tuberculosis
Microscopic particles (i.e., 1-5 mm in diameter) produced when a person coughs, sneezes, shouts, or sings. The droplets produced by an infectious TB patient can carry tubercle ...
primary drug-resistance
Health care; Tuberculosis
A resistance to one or more anti-TB drugs that exists before a patient is treated with the drug(s). Primary resistance occurs in persons exposed to and infected with a ...
drug-susceptibility pattern
Health care; Tuberculosis
The anti-TB drugs to which the tubercle bacilli cultured from a TB patient are susceptible or resistant based on drug- susceptibility tests.
drug-susceptibility tests
Health care; Tuberculosis
Laboratory tests that determine whether the tubercle bacilli cultured from a patient are susceptible or resistant to various anti-TB drugs.
acquired drug resistance
Health care; Tuberculosis
A resistance to one or more anti-TB drugs that develops while a patient is receiving therapy and which usually results from the patient's nonadherence to therapy or the ...
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