| Tuberculosis and its Advanced Therapy Contributor(s): Pamu, Sagar (Author) |
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ISBN: 366869463X ISBN-13: 9783668694637 Publisher: Grin Verlag OUR PRICE: $53.68 Product Type: Paperback Published: April 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Medical | Pharmacy |
| Physical Information: 0.07" H x 8.27" W x 11.69" (0.23 lbs) 32 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Lecture Notes from the year 2018 in the subject Pharmicology, grade: A, language: English, abstract: Tuberculosis TB] is an infectious disease that can affect any part of the body, mainly an infection of the lungs. In a Neo-Latin word, tuberculosis is termed as 'TUBERCLE' which means round nodule and 'OSIS' which means condition. The causative organism for tuberculosis is Mycobacterium tuberculosis in human and Mycobacterium bovis in animals. Mycobacterium tuberculosis is small, aerobic, nonmotile bacillus. The other causative organisms are Mycobacterium africanum and Mycobacterium microti. The non-mycobacterium genuses are Mycobacterium leprae, Mycobacterium avium, Mycobacterium asiaticum. The M.Tuberculosis complex consists of M.africanum, M.bovis, M.canetti, and M.microti. According to WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION (WHO), in 2012 they estimated around 8.6 million cases in which women were found approximately around 2.9. Most cases were found in Africa (27%) and Asia (58%), with the highest incidence in India (2.0-2.4 million), China (0.9-1.1 million); and total accounted the number of cases is 38%. |