Tuberculosis, also known as consumption, is an infection caused the tubercle bacillus. The symptoms of tuberculosis include a chronic cough with blood-tinged sputum, fever, night sweats, and weight loss. Here you will find information for the diagnosis, and treatment, of tuberculosis.
Recommended Resources
Web site provides information about tuberculosis; complete with sections on symptoms, screening, diagnosis, treatment, statistics, and more.
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/tuberculosis.html
Questions and Answers About TB
The CDC web site provides information about tuberculosis, how it is spread, and the difference between latent TB infection and active TB disease.
http://www.cdc.gov/tb/
The Stop TB Initiative was created to ensure that every person with TB has all the necessary information, access to treatment, specifically drug-resistant TB.
http://www.stoptb.org/
TB Alert is a non-profit organization with a mandate to increase awareness of the threat of TB worldwide, and to raise funds to support operational work against the disease in affected countries.
http://www.tbalert.org/
TB Education and Training Resources
Web site features information on tuberculosis; its symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment. Web site also provides details about TB-related organizations, and support groups.
http://www.findtbresources.org/
