Tuberculosis

Learning outcomes
Identify and map in a logical way the topics
relevant to the :
- understanding , diagnosis and Management
of tuberculosis as an example for related
diseases .

Definition :
Tuberculosis (TB):
Is the second leading infectious cause of death
world-wide ( after AIDS ), despite being
potentially curable disease .

TB: Airborne Transmission
The disease is spread by airborne droplets containing
Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB).
Droplets can remain airborne for hours after
expectoration , because of their small size.

Tuberculosis Facts
- “If you know TB, you know medicine” Sir
William Osler.
-1882 – Robert Koch – “one seventh of all
human beings die of tuberculosis and…
if one considers only the productive middle-age
groups, tuberculosis carries away one-third and
often more of these…”

FACTS
- 1/3 world population is infected.
- 8,000 die/day, 2-3 million/year. >AIDS&
malaria.
-It Accounts for 1/3 AIDS deathes.
- HIV patients 30 times more likely to get sick
with TB once infected.