GGR100H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Tuberculosis, Streptomycin, 18 Months
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Ggrb28 lecture 8: geographies of tb- nov 8, 2012. Sample test question: explain the difference b/w mdr and xdr tuberculosis. Unless you took a test, you would never know that you had tb diagnosis: active disease = infectious. You are being affected by the disease latent infection can turn into the active disease when immune system is compromised or weakened!!! Also known as consumption or the white plague : consumption = b/c you waste away, you become a skeleton (something was consuming your body!) Tb is contracted through airbone drops: someone has to have active form and cough in your face to transmit tb. Not particularly infectious, requires long and frequent exposure. In close proximity for extended period of time, if you are healthy. Tb can progress quickly with lower resistance: length of time it takes you from having actual disease and dying will be shorter b/c body in unable to fight disease! (immune system is already compromised/weakened)
