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tu·ber·cu·lo·sis

(to͝o-bûr′kyə-lō′sĭs, tyo͝o-)

n. Abbr. TB

1. An infectious disease of humans and animals caused by the tubercle bacillus and characterized by the formation of tubercles on the lungs and other tissues of the body, often developing long after the initial infection.

2. Tuberculosis of the lungs, characterized by the coughing up of mucus and sputum, fever, weight loss, and chest pain.

[Latin tūberculum, tubercle; see tubercle + -osis.]

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

tuberculosis

(tjʊˌbɜːkjʊˈləʊsɪs)

(Pathology) a communicable disease caused by infection with the tubercle bacillus, most frequently affecting the lungs (pulmonary tuberculosis). Also called: consumption or phthisis Abbreviation: TB

[C19: from New Latin; see tubercle, -osis]

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

tu•ber•cu•lo•sis

(tʊˌbɜr kyəˈloʊ sɪs, tyʊ-)

n.

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 the lungs.

Abbr.: TB

[1855–60; < New Latin; see tubercle, -osis]

tu·ber·cu·lo·sis

(to͝o-bûr′kyə-lō′sĭs)

A contagious disease caused by a bacterium and characterized by abnormal growths in the lungs or other body tissues. It is most often transmitted by breathing contaminated air.

The American Heritage® Student Science Dictionary, Second Edition. Copyright © 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

tuberculosis

An infectious disease that mainly affects the lungs. It is caused by a bacteria that is often spread from person to person through sneezing and coughing.

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Noun

tuberculosis - infection transmitted by inhalation or ingestion of tubercle bacilli and manifested in fever and small lesions (usually in the lungs but in various other parts of the body in acute stages)

T.B., TB

infectious disease - a disease transmitted only by a specific kind of contact

Pott's disease - TB of the spine with destruction of vertebrae resulting in curvature of the spine

miliary tuberculosis - acute tuberculosis characterized by the appearance of tiny tubercles on one or more organs of the body (presumably resulting from tubercle bacilli being spread in the bloodstream)

phthisis, pulmonary tuberculosis, wasting disease, white plague, consumption - involving the lungs with progressive wasting of the body

king's evil, struma - a form of tuberculosis characterized by swellings of the lymphatic glands

lupus vulgaris - tuberculosis of the skin; appears first on the face and heals slowly leaving deep scars

tuberculosis

noun TB, consumption (literary) She spent two years in a sanatorium recovering from tuberculosis.

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

tuberculosis

noun

An infectious disease producing lesions especially of the lungs:

consumption (no longer in scientific use), phthisic (no longer in scientific use), phthisis (no longer in scientific use), white plague.

Translations

سُلّمَرَض السِّل

туберкулоза

tuberkulózatuberkolóza

tuberkulose

tuberkuloosi

tuberkuloza

tuberkolózistuberkulózis

berklar

tubercolosi tubercolotico sottoposto a test tubercolinico

結核

결핵

džiovatuberkuliozė

tuberkuloze

туберкулёз туберкулез

tuberkulóza

jetikatuberkuloza

grudoboljatuberkulozaгрудобољатуберкулоза

tuberculostuberkulos

วัณโรค

tüberküloz verem

bệnh lao

肺结核

tuberculosis

[tjʊˌbɜːkjʊˈləʊsɪs] N → tuberculosis f, tisis f

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

tuberculosis

[tjʊˌbɜː^rkjʊˈləʊsɪs] n → tuberculose ftube station n (British) → station f de métrotube top n (US) → bustier mtube train n → rame f de métro

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

tuberculosis

n → Tuberkulose f

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

tuberculosis

[tjʊˌbɜːkjʊˈləʊsɪs] n → tubercolosi f

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

tuberculosis

(tjubəːkjuˈləusis) noun

(often abbreviated to TB (tiːˈbiː) ) an infectious disease usually affecting the lungs. He suffers from / has tuberculosis.

tuberculosis

→ سُلّ tuberkolóza tuberkulose Tuberkulose φυματίωση tuberculosis tuberkuloosi tuberculose tuberkuloza tubercolosi 結核 결핵 tuberculose tuberkulose gruźlica tuberculose туберкулез tuberkulos วัณโรค tüberküloz bệnh lao 肺结核

tu·ber·cu·lo·sis

n. tuberculosis, infección bacteriana aguda o crónica causada por el germen Mycobacterium tuberculosis que gen. afecta los pulmones pero que también puede afectar otros órganos;

meningeal ___ → ___ meníngea;

pulmonary ___ → ___ pulmonar;

spinal ___ → ___ espinal;

___ in childhood → ___ infantil;

urogenital ___ → ___ urogenital.

tuberculosis (TB)

n tuberculosis f (TB); latent — infection infección tuberculosa latente

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A total of 490 000 new cases of MDR-TB were reported in 2016.

Prevalence of isoniazid resistance-conferring mutations associated with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in Free State Province, South Africa

Approved under the FDA's accelerated approval pathway based on time to sputum culture conversion, bedaquiline can now be used as part of combination therapy for eligible MDR-TB patients aged 12 years and over in the U.S.

Janssen Announces U.S. FDA Accelerated Approval for SIRTURO (bedaquiline) as Part of Combination Therapy to Treat Adolescents with Pulmonary Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis

With subsequent rounds of funding from the Global Fund, the IHN started offering DR-TB treatment at its flagship TB Clinic at the Korangi Campus in Karachi and an additional clinic in North Karachi (opened in 2017), as well as managed 10 MDR-TB treatment sites for the governments of Sindh and Balochistan in their remote parts.

Laboratory to facilitate early TB diagnosis inaugurated

Through the Indus teams' efforts, almost 7,000 patients have benefited from MDR-TB treatment since 2007.

Indus Hospital establishes Bio-Safety Lab in Korangi

MDR-TB is called as a man-made phenomenon and it arises due to an inadequate treatment of drug-sensitive TB.7 The prevalence of MDR-TB mirrors the functional state and efficacy of tuberculosis control programs in the country.8

Development of Multidrug-Resistance among Previously Treated Cases of Pulmonary Tuberculosis: A Public Health Concern

Ukraine itself ranks second in Europe in MDR-TB cases.

Toward more effective TB patient care

Put simply, MDR-TB thrives particularly in the prisons.

Stop spread of tuberculosis among prisoners in Africa

The revised WHO guidelines will result with the introduction of new drugs for MDR-TB.

New treatment plan for multiple drug resistant TB

Several contributing factors have been identified in the causation of MDR-TB of which the most important is previous treatment with antitubercular drugs which may be inadequate [Table 1].[3] Other factors include coinfection with HIV, patients with diabetes mellitus, socioeconomically deprived groups in slums, intravenous drug abusers, and other immunocompromised states.[5]

Factors contributing to development of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis

Gunar Günther, M.D., M.P.H., from the German Center for Infection Research in Borstel, and colleagues documented the management and treatment outcomes of patients with MDR-TB in Europe in a prospective cohort study.

Relapse-Free Cure From MDR-TB Higher Than Anticipated; Per simplified outcome definition, frequency similar in low-, intermediate-, high-incidence countries

Data from studies conducted by NIRT and NTI have found MDR-TB levels of less than 1% to 3% in new cases and around 12% in re-treatment cases.