RESPIRATORY
OLD TUBERCULOSIS
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tuberculosis case
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Diagnosis of tuberculosis
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Suspected of Tuberculosis
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Tuberculosis
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Detailed explanation-1: -Presumptive TB refers to a patient who presents with symptoms or signs suggestive of TB (previously known as a TB suspect).
Detailed explanation-2: -Presumptive TB case – any person whether adult or child, with signs and/or symptoms suggestive of TB (pulmonary or extra-pulmonary, or those with chest x-ray findings suggestive of active TB.
Detailed explanation-3: -TB is a disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. TB disease should be suspected in persons who have the following symptoms: Unexplained weight loss. Loss of appetite. Night sweats.
Detailed explanation-4: -Tuberculosis (TB) was called “phthisis” in ancient Greece, “tabes” in ancient Rome, and “schachepheth” in ancient Hebrew. In the 1700s, TB was called “the white plague” due to the paleness of the patients. TB was commonly called “consumption” in the 1800s even after Schonlein named it tuberculosis.
Detailed explanation-5: -Streptomycin. Streptomycin (SM), an aminocyclitol glycoside antibiotic, was the first drug to be used in the treatment of TB, in 1948 [50].