tuberculous vaccine

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• Bacillus Calmette-Guérin — (or Bacille Calmette Guérin, BCG) is a vaccine against tuberculosis that is prepared from a strain of the attenuated (weakened) live bovine tuberculosis bacillus, Mycobacterium bovis , that has lost its virulence in humans by being specially… …   Wikipedia

• Tuberculosis treatment — Various pharmaceutical tuberculosis treatments their actions Tuberculosis treatment refers to the medical treatment of the infectious disease tuberculosis (TB). The standard short course treatment for TB is isoniazid, rifampicin (also known as… …   Wikipedia

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• tuberculosis — /too berr kyeuh loh sis, tyoo /, n. Pathol. 1. an infectious disease that may affect almost any tissue of the body, esp. the lungs, caused by the organism Mycobacterium tuberculosis, and characterized by tubercles. 2. this disease when affecting… …   Universalium

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• Mantoux test — The Mantoux skin test consists of an intradermal injection of exactly one tenth of a milliliter (mL) of PPD tuberculin …   Wikipedia

• Tuberculosis — A highly contagious infection caused by the bacterium called Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Tubercles (tiny lumps) are a characteristic finding. Diagnosis may be made by skin test, which if positive should will be followed by a chest X ray to… …   Medical dictionary

• Tuberculosis diagnosis — Tuberculosis is diagnosed by finding Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacteria in a clinical specimen taken from the patient. While other investigations may strongly suggest tuberculosis as the diagnosis, they cannot confirm it.=Diagnosis=A complete… …   Wikipedia

• Multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis — Classification and external resources MeSH D018088 Multi drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR TB) is defined as TB that is resistant at least to isoniazid (INH) and rifampicin (RMP), the two most powerful …   Wikipedia