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by auntiebi0tic
Thu Jan 16, 2020 2:31 pm
Forum: Introduce Yourself
Topic: Hello and Welcome from admin
Replies: 3
Views: 10499

Re: Hello and Welcome from admin

I find it strange, very strange indeed that the side effects I suffered in 1992 are still being felt by patients today.
Nothing has changed. I just hope nurses and care givers are more sympathetic than they were in my time.
by auntiebi0tic
Thu Jan 16, 2020 1:51 pm
Forum: Site Help
Topic: If you need help using the site
Replies: 0
Views: 11967

If you need help using the site

If you need help using the site CLICK HERE and it will open with a wealth of information on how to use the site.

If this is not helpful write a message here and I will get back to you asap.

Do NOT ask questions about tuberculosis here as this is not for forum for that.
Thanks in advance
by auntiebi0tic
Thu Jan 16, 2020 1:42 pm
Forum: Introduce Yourself
Topic: Hello and Welcome from admin
Replies: 3
Views: 10499

Re: Hello and Welcome

I am finding it sad the so little has changed. I began researching Tuberculosis over Christmas 2019 and found so little has changed. I managed to find an archived version of my site from 2006 and am finding a lot still relevant. Lots of other disease appear to have made vast improvements. In fact th...
by auntiebi0tic
Thu Jan 16, 2020 12:20 am
Forum: A to Z of Tuberculosis
Topic: Atypical tuberculosis diagnosis
Replies: 0
Views: 16415

Atypical tuberculosis diagnosis

Clinical Diagnosis and Microbiologic Testing Healthcare providers should have a high level of suspicion to diagnose illness caused by NTM because nonspecific symptoms are common and routine bacterial cultures are often inadequate to diagnose these infections. Time from exposure to clinical manifesta...
by auntiebi0tic
Wed Jan 15, 2020 11:49 pm
Forum: A to Z of Tuberculosis
Topic: Atypical tuberculosis is it contagious?
Replies: 0
Views: 20177

Atypical tuberculosis is it contagious?

Nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) are mycobacteria other than M. tuberculosis (the cause of tuberculosis) and M. leprae (the cause of leprosy). NTM are also referred to as atypical mycobacteria, mycobacteria other than tuberculosis (MOTT), or environmental mycobacteria. Although anyone can get an NT...
by auntiebi0tic
Wed Jan 15, 2020 7:56 pm
Forum: Introduce Yourself
Topic: Publications that have quoted from my site (previous version)
Replies: 0
Views: 14987

Publications that have quoted from my site (previous version)

My site TB and U (Tuberculosis and You) ran from 2001 to 2008 I decided in early Jan 2020 to begin again. As i am searching the internet for up to date info I am regularly coming across publications which have used the information in my site. Below are a few: Investigating Tuberculosis and Superbugs...
by auntiebi0tic
Wed Jan 15, 2020 6:38 pm
Forum: TB medication AND side effects
Topic: Front line Tuberculosis drugs: what are prescribed and why
Replies: 0
Views: 19626

Front line Tuberculosis drugs: what are prescribed and why

The current accepted first-line therapy is a combination of the drugs rifampicin, isoniazid (INH), pyrazinamide, and ethambutol. After two months, the number of drugs is reduced. A typical treatment for a standard (i.e. non-drug resistant) strain of TB is 2HRZE / 4HR (= two months of INH, rifampin, ...
by auntiebi0tic
Wed Jan 15, 2020 5:01 pm
Forum: A to Z of Tuberculosis
Topic: Bovine TB, Badgers, other animals and TB
Replies: 0
Views: 18719

Bovine TB, Badgers, other animals and TB

Tuberculosis can be carried by mammals; domesticated species, such as cats and dogs, are generally free of tuberculosis, but wild animals may be carriers. In some places, regulations aiming to prevent the spread of TB restrict the ownership of novelty pets; for example, the U.S. state of California ...
by auntiebi0tic
Wed Jan 15, 2020 3:20 pm
Forum: A to Z of Tuberculosis
Topic: Basics of tb including, symptoms,treatment, dfference to latent and skin tests
Replies: 0
Views: 19094

Basics of tb including, symptoms,treatment, dfference to latent and skin tests

TB Basic Guide Tuberculosis (TB) is a disease caused by germs that are spread from person to person through the air. TB usually affects the lungs, but it can also affect other parts of the body, such as the brain, the kidneys, or the spine. A person with TB can die if t hey do not get treatment. Wha...
by auntiebi0tic
Wed Jan 15, 2020 2:40 pm
Forum: A to Z of Tuberculosis
Topic: Diagnosis of TB
Replies: 0
Views: 17948

Diagnosis of TB

Diagnosis of TB Disease Before clinicians can diagnose TB disease in a patient, they must think of the possibility of TB when they see a patient with symptoms of TB or abnormal chest x-ray findings. Because TB is not as common as it was many years ago, many clinicians do not consider the possibilit...