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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injectable

Health care; Tuberculosis

A medication that is usually administered by injection into the muscle (intramuscular (IM)) or the bloodstream (intravenous (IV)).

intermittent therapy

Health care; Tuberculosis

Therapy administered either two or three times per week, rather than daily. Intermittent therapy should be administered only under the direct supervision of an HCW or other designated person (see ...

intradermal

Health care; Tuberculosis

Within the layers of the skin.

isoniazid (INH)

Health care; Tuberculosis

A first-line, oral drug used either alone as preventive therapy or in combination with several other drugs to treat TB disease.

kanamycin

Health care; Tuberculosis

An injectable, second-line anti-TB drug used primarily for treatment of drug-resistant TB.

latent TB infection

Health care; Tuberculosis

Infection with M. tuberculosis, usually detected by a positive PPD skin-test result, in a person who has no symptoms of active TB and who is not infectious.

M. tuberculosis complex

Health care; Tuberculosis

A group of closely related mycobacterial species that can cause active TB (e.g., M. tuberculosis, M. bovis, and M. africanum); most TB in the United States is caused by M. tuberculosis.