Often referred to as TB, tuberculosis is a dangerous and highly contagious disease caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis. While TB usually affects the lungs, it can also infect other parts of the body including the spine, brain and...
Tuberculosis is a contagious disease that primarily affects the lungs but can spread to other parts of the body. This potentially fatal disease is caused by the bacterial microorganism, Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Tuberculosis spreads by droplet...
Tuberculosis is a contagious airborne infection caused by the bacteria Mycobacterium tuberculosis. It is spread by breathing air contaminated by a person who has active disease. The earliest symptom of a tuberculosis infection is cough but night...
The bacteria Mycobacteria tuberculosis causes tuberculosis. Although tuberculosis, or TB, primarily affects the lungs, it can spread through the blood stream to other sites, a circumstance called extrapulmonary or disseminated tuberculosis. The...
AIDS is the last stage of the HIV virus. Doctors usually make a diagnosis of AIDS when an HIV-positive person's CD4+ cell count drops below 200. This means the body is critically lacking in white blood cells to fight disease and, as a result, has...
Tuberculosis, or TB, is a highly contagious disease caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis. This bacterium can cause damage to the lungs as well as to other parts of the body. If improperly diagnosed or not medically treated, TB can...
Tuberculosis, or TB, primarily affects the lungs but the causative bacteria, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, can spread to other parts of the body, including the kidneys, bladder and urinary tract. Urinary tuberculosis can arise because the...
Blastomycosis is a fungal disease. Medline Plus describes blastomycosis as a rare infection that may occur when patients inhale a fungus named Blastomyces dermatitidis, which is found in wood and soil. The disease usually presents with pulmonary...
Communicable diseases are diseases that are spread from person to person via direct contact, airborne droplets or body fluids. Many states require that communicable diseases when they are identified by a health care provider, be reported to the...
Pott's disease is a form of tuberculosis called tuberculosis of the spine, or tuberculosis spondylitis. Tuberculosis normally affects the lungs, but affects areas outside the lungs in 20 percent of cases, says Dr. Denis Spelman of Monash...
