Tuberculosis: A Guide for the Primary Health-care Worker |
Common terms and phrases
active disease active tuberculosis ambulatory Annexure bacterial BCG administration BCG vaccination body mass once cellular immunity child contacts clinic control programme cough culture develop diagnosis of TB direct microscopy dormant infections dosage effective endogenous reactivation Ethambutol Ethionamide exposure follow-up following a tuberculin Glatthaar improvement of socio-economic induration infected persons Isoniazid lesion macrophages mainly Mantoux test mass once daily metastatic foci mg/kg body mass miliary miliary TB mycobacteria natural cycle natural infection once daily Mon-Fri overt disease patient pleural effusion population previous BCG primary pulmonary Pyrazinamide radiological recommended reduce Regimen reinfection resistance Rifampicin Rifater risk of infection SAMJ sarcoidosis sensitivity South Africa sterilized Streptomycin suggestive of TB supervised therapy symptoms and signs symptoms suggestive tablet TB disease TB meningitis Terizidone treatment tubercle bacilli tuberculin reactors tuberculin test tuberculosis control Tuberculosis meningitis viable bacilli viral Western Cape X-ray chest