Tuberculosis (TB) Drug Doses Too Low for Today's Obese Populations, Says Study
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MedNewsPosted
Thu 30 Jul 2009 3:52pm
are at that weight.”
About one-third of the world’s population is infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacterium that causes TB, and as many as 2 million people die from the disease... pivotal in treating tuberculosis effectively is much too low to account for modern-day physiques, UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers said.
The finding, reported online
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Researchers Find Source of Drug-Tolerant Tuberculosis Possibly Behind TB Relapses, Intensity of Treatment
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Ed H.Posted
Mon 16 Jun 2008 6:13pm
why human tuberculosis (TB) requires months of intensive antibiotic treatment and indicate a potential cause of the relapses that can nonetheless occur.
The researchers are the first to show that Mycobacterium tuberculosis can grow in surface-level bacteria clusters known as biofilms that are common in nature but never before shown for TB bacteria
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Creating Awareness for Extremely Drug Resistant Tuberculosis (XDR-TB)
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Linda MacDonald GlennPosted
Tue 07 Oct 2008 6:20pm
Last year, you may remember the stories and the blog entries the about Robert Daniels, the American lawyer, who was quarantined because of XDR-TB, but the problem goes far beyond the geographical boundaries of the US -- it is a new and deadly form of tuberculosis that is threatening to become a global pandemic. In an effort to stop the disease
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Tuberculosis, XDR-TB and Personalized Medicine!!
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Dr. Steve MurphyPosted
Wed 22 Oct 2008 6:18pm
After all the talking and pundits, after all the media hype and fear. XDR-TB still remains a serious issue. True there seems to be significantironyin this case and that may make it stick around a while.What is XDR-TB? Well according to theCDC
"Extensively drug-resistant (XDR) TB – or TB that is resistant to at least two main first-line drugs
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New Cases of Tuberculosis That Resist Conventional Treatment
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Methods of HealingPosted
Tue 15 Jun 2010 5:58pm
What Is Tuberculosis?
Tuberculosis is a disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, M bovis, and M africanum. According to a recent WHO report, the number of tuberculosis cases resistant to antibiotics has increased worldwide.
In...
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Tuberculosis Facts And Treatments
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Shilah C. AzibPosted
Fri 26 Feb 2010 12:48pm
affect your lung directly, due to which lung swells painfully making breathing uneasy. As Tuberculosisinfects lungs directly, it is also known as Pulmonary TB, which is usual form...
Tuberculosis is amongst the most dangerous disease due to which about 2 million people die every year and around 6 million people develops tuberculosis (TBRead on »
Discovery of Novel Pharmacophores Inhibiting the Growth of Mycobacterium tuberculosis
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nih.govPosted
Sun 13 Jun 2010 5:00pm
Description of Invention:
Tuberculosis (TB) caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosisinfects roughly one third of the world population and approximately 8 million people develop TB annually. The emergence of multi-drug resistant (MDR) and extensively drug-resistant (XDR) TB strains highlight the need for new drugs against TBRead on »
Vitamin D helps to combat tuberculosis, flu and other infections
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Dr. John B.Posted
Mon 22 Jun 2009 11:10amTuberculosis is an infectious disease that continues to claim significant numbers of lives around the World. Before the advent of antibiotics, many tuberculosis sufferers were shipped off to ‘sanitoriums’: often rurally-located facilities where individuals would typically spend a year or more to rest, eat well, and hopefully overcome their illness
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Other or different types of tuberculosis
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auntie_bioticPosted
Sat 13 Dec 2008 3:21pm
When people including doctors are writing about tuberculosis they usually begin: “ Tuberculosis is spread by......... ” or “ Tuberculosis symptoms are........”. This is wrong. Most people are usually speaking of ONE type of tuberculosis in fact PULMONARY (Lung) TUBERCULOSIS.
It is easier to think of tuberculosis in a similar way to cancer. ...
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