 health servic - univers waterloo http healthservic uwaterloo html file localhost d itu web 20mine project uw-can-data webdata servic html file localhost d itu web 20mine project uw-can-data webdata hour html file localhost d itu web 20mine project uw-can-data webdata emerg html file localhost d itu web 20mine project uw-can-data webdata insur1 html file localhost d itu web 20mine project uw-can-data webdata appoint html file localhost d itu web 20mine project uw-can-data webdata staff html file localhost d itu web 20mine project uw-can-data webdata topic html file localhost d itu web 20mine project uw-can-data webdata link html file localhost d itu web 20mine project uw-can-data webdata event html tuberculosi tuberculosi tb chronic lifelong process well infecti contagi diseas caus specif bacteria koch's bacillu there speci bacillu capabl produc infect human mycobacterium tuberculosi m t mycobacterium bovi m bovi m bovi infect recogn major public health problem organ transmit human milk infect cow the introduct pasteur milk help control problem howev m t infect wide seriou public health problem develop countri statist survei the world health organ who estim 20 tb case report annual tb respons 3 death year infecti diseas also who estim on-third world's popul infect diseas in canada number tb case declin sharpli introduct specif drug tb treatment 1950's to number case 2 000 year in 1995 total 22 813 case tb report unit state in waterloo region 1990 1994 tb rate remain 6 peopl 100 000 habit year tb sex male account 58 total case young adult 15 35 year older ag 65 four case tb diagnos children ag 5 who high-risk? at tb remain concentr high-risk group 1- peopl born area diseas time asia africa middl east eastern southern europ latin america caribbean 2- aborigin commun 3- hiv-infect peopl 4- homeless urban poor individu 5- those inact tb adequ treat 6- intraven drug user 7- malnutrit alcohol 8- peopl diabet 9- peopl type cancer how acquir tb? it differenti tb infect tb diseas when bacillu bodi develop symptom diseas special skin test -mantoux- posit person tb infect name inact tb tb exposur when person bacillu bodi symptom tb laboratori test confirm presenc bacillu tb person tb diseas activ tb onli person activ tb spread tb bacillu to acquir tb contact activ tb when person activ tb cough sneez sign speak releas tb bacteria million surround air if continu breath contamin air tb bacillu acquir tb rare acquir share drink food activ tb patient the common contagi form air what contagion? the bacillu reach lung common place attack develop pulmonari tb from bacillu attack part bodi bone joint spine liver brain reproduct urinari digest system in case bodi fight infect surround bacillu capsul call tubercl tb bacillu harmless -like sleep germ- an thing mind develop tb diseas year 2-3 year expos time thi commonli result eat well poor live condit excess stress acquir aid medic problem grow older what pulmonari tb symptom? earli diagnosi control cure tb the symptom a lot cough chest pain cough the cough dry diseas month cough mucu blood mixtur sometim cough blood manifest tb diseas fever in case chronic low-grade fever symptom tb case diagnosi easi other symptom pulmonari tb night sweat loss appetit loss weight easi fatigu feel tire what test tb? a special skin test mantoux it consist painless inject small amount special liquid skin forearm later 48 72 hour doctor nurs check measur spot swell onli reaction size consid posit the mantoux test posit 3 12 week tb contagion up-date studi monotest tb skin test screen tb infect introduc success altern what posit skin test mean? it expos tb bacteria bodi it activ diseas howev doctor send chest x-rai tb germ damag lung to diagnos activ tb diseas tb bacillu spit sputum clinic specimen what tb treatment? do rememb differ tb inact tb activ describ abov? well tb treatment depend fact chemoprophylaxi prevent treatment it indic patient tb inact the medicin prescrib isoniazid inh stop bacteria develop activ tb prevent futur bodi damag tb bacteria inh dai 6 12 continu month treatment activ tb diseas if prevent treatment prescrib tb bacillu wake attack bodi develop activ tb usual 2-3 week isol measur institut longer contagi well combin 2 3 medica isonazid rifampin pyrazinamid in case tb treatment 4 drug three name ethambutol streptomycin can tb diseas cure? ye! but medicin doctor tell usual treatment 9 12 month longer if tb medicin forget tb bacteria resist drug cure what tb vaccin? the vaccin tb bcg bacillu calmett-guerin limit children prevent high efficaci 80 seriou form tb bcg recommend children adult hiv-infect to vaccin tb studi some point rememb prevent better cure tb exist lot countri includ canada sever test requir determin tb bacillu bodi tb activ exampl skin test chest x-rai sputum test you tb skin test employ travel contact person activ tb keep mind develop tb diseas year expos if hiv-infect test tb infect year if treatment prescrib cure year keep treatment feel better do it! the treatment failur non-complianc tb treatment absolut free you cover mouth nose cough sneez!! if tb treatment tb feel free call doctor nurs local health unit health depart last updat april 03 2001 thi maintain castrom uwaterloo chri strome http uwaterloo web-doc uw infoserv copyright html copyright univers waterloo http uwaterloo 