Page 192 - fourth year book

OUTLINES

• Introduction

• Definition and burden of communicable diseases

• Definition of TB disease

• Burden of TB

• Pulmonary TB chain of infection

• Types of TB Infection in humans

• Latent TB infection (LTBI)

• TB disease

• Risk factors of TB disease (agent, host, environmental factors)

• Pathogenesis and progress of TB disease

• Signs and Symptoms of TB Disease

• Diagnosis of TB

- Medical history
- Physical examination
- Test for M. Tuberculosis infection: Tuberculin skin test or TB blood test
(IGRA)

- Chest radiograph
- Bacteriologic examination of clinical specimens.

• Directly Observed Therapy (DOT)

• Treatment regimens of TB

- TB Preventive treatment (treatment of latent TB Infection)
- Treatment of TB disease
- Treatment of drug-resistant TB

• TB infection prevention and control measures in health care settings.

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