Tuberkulosis

Tuberkolosis atau TBC adalah infeksi karena bakteri Mycobacterium tuberculosis, yang dapat merusak paru-paru tapi dapat juga mengenai sistim saraf sentral (meningitis, sistim lymphatic, sistim sirkulasi (miliary TB), sistim genitourinary, tulang dan sendi.

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Paru-paru penderita TBC melalui Sinar X

Indonesia berada dalam peringkat ketiga terburuk di dunia untuk jumlah penderita TBC. Setiap tahun muncul 500 ribu kasus baru dan lebih dari 140 ribu lainnya meninggal.

Tanggal 24 Maret diperingati dunia sebagai "Hari TBC". Pada 24 Maret 1882, Robert Koch di Berlin, Jerman, mempresentasikan hasil penyebab tuberkulosa yang ditemukannya.

Jenis-jenis

• Tuberkulosa pernafasan, dikonfirmasi secara bakteriologik dan histologik
• Tuberkulosa pernafasan, tidak dikonfirmasi secara bakteriologik dan histologik
• Tuberkulosa pada sistem syaraf
• Tuberkulosa pada organ lainnya
• Tuberkulosa millier

Lihat juga

• Daftar korban Tuberkolosis terkenal
• Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG)
• tes Heaf
• ATC kode J04 obat buat perawatan TBC
• Nontuberculous mycobacteria
• Mycobacterium bovis penyebab TBC di ternak
• Leprosy and Buruli Ulcer, penyakit lainnya yang disebabkan oleh mycobacteria lainnya

Referensi

• Core Curriculum on Tuberculosis: What the Clinician Should Know, 4th edition (2000). Division of Tuberculosis Elimination, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). (Internet versionupdated Aug 2003).
• Joint Tuberculosis Committee of the British Thoracic Society. Control and prevention of tuberculosis in the United Kingdom: Code of Practice 2000. Thorax 2000;55:887-901 (fulltext).
• Thomas Dormandy (1999). The White Death: A History of Tuberculosis. ISBN 0814719279 HB - ISBN 1852853328 PB
• Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World. Tracy Kidder, Random House 2000. ISBN 0812973011. A nonfiction account of treating TB in Haiti, Peru, and elsewhere.
• Ha SJ, Jeon BY, Youn JI, Kim SC, Cho SN, Sung YC. Protective effect of DNA vaccine during chemotherapy on reactivation and reinfection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Gene Ther. 2005 Feb 03; [Epub ahead of print] PMID 15690060

Pranala luar

Organisasi

• World Health Organization Tuberculosis home page at World Health Organization - Strategy & Operations, Monitoring & Evaluation
• Division of Tuberculosis Elimination Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Fact sheets, data, and other resources
• The Stop TB Partnership international organization. World TB Day.
• The Tuberculosis Coalition for Technical Assistance - TBCTA The main purpose of TBCTA is to assist the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and its local (public, private, NGO) partners to improve TB control programs and accelerate the implementation of the Directly Observed Treatment Short Course (DOTS) strategy. With other global TB partners, TBCTA contributes to accelerate the pace of DOTS expansion.

Lainnya

• Questions and Answers About TB from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Tuberculosis Elimination
• Tuberculosis from MedlinePlus an excellent resource for the public from US National Library of Medicine
• Brief History of Tuberculosis from New Jersey Medical School National Tuberculosis Center