Tuberculosis

Tuberculosis

An infectious disease caused by the bacillus mycobacterium tuberculosis, often accompanied by fever and a loss of appetite. It is primarily an infection of the lungs, but any organ system is susceptible, so its manifestations may be varied.

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anergy

Health care; Tuberculosis

The inability of a person to react to skin-test antigens (even if the person is infected with the organisms tested) because of immunosuppression.

anteroom

Health care; Tuberculosis

A small room leading from a corridor into an isolation room; this room can act as an airlock, preventing the escape of contaminants from the isolation room into the corridor.

area

Health care; Tuberculosis

A structural unit (e.g., a hospital ward or laboratory) or functional unit (e.g., an internal medicine service) in which HCWs provide services to and share air with a specific patient population or ...

Bacillus of Calmette and Guerin (BCG) vaccine

Health care; Tuberculosis

BCG is a vaccine used in many parts of the world against tuberculosis that is derived from a strain of the attenuated or weakened live bovine tuberculosis bacillus. The weakened bacillus has lost its ...

BACTEC (R)

Health care; Tuberculosis

One of the most often used radiometric methods for detecting the early growth of mycobacteria in culture. It provides rapid growth (in 7-14 days) and rapid drug-susceptibility testing (in 5-6 days). ...

booster phenomenon

Health care; Tuberculosis

A phenomenon in which some persons (especially older adults) who are skin tested many years after infection with M. tuberculosis have a negative reaction to an initial skin test, followed by a ...

bronchoscopy

Health care; Tuberculosis

A procedure for examining the respiratory tract that requires inserting an instrument (a bronchoscope) through the mouth or nose and into the trachea. The procedure can be used to obtain diagnostic ...