Chasity Lanham by https://padlet.com/cklanham01/r9gojl4o6oshz931 Mycobacterium tuberculosis en-us 2020-04-16 04:03:34 UTC 2023-10-31 07:18:51 UTC hello@padlet.com Pathogen cklanham01 https://padlet.com/cklanham01/r9gojl4o6oshz931/wish/509837990 Mycobacterium]]> 2020-04-16 04:06:34 UTC https://padlet.com/cklanham01/r9gojl4o6oshz931/wish/509837990 Disease cklanham01 https://padlet.com/cklanham01/r9gojl4o6oshz931/wish/509838750 Tuberculosis]]> 2020-04-16 04:07:31 UTC https://padlet.com/cklanham01/r9gojl4o6oshz931/wish/509838750 Symptoms cklanham01 https://padlet.com/cklanham01/r9gojl4o6oshz931/wish/509839356 A bad cough, pain in chest, coughing up blood or sputum, weakness or fatigue, weight loss, no appetite, chills, fever, night sweats. ]]> 2020-04-16 04:08:10 UTC https://padlet.com/cklanham01/r9gojl4o6oshz931/wish/509839356 TB Prevention cklanham01 https://padlet.com/cklanham01/r9gojl4o6oshz931/wish/509842471 Avoid close contact or prolonged time with known TB patients in crowded, enclosed environments]]> 2020-04-16 04:11:44 UTC https://padlet.com/cklanham01/r9gojl4o6oshz931/wish/509842471 cklanham01 https://padlet.com/cklanham01/r9gojl4o6oshz931/wish/509845084 2020-04-16 04:14:44 UTC https://padlet.com/cklanham01/r9gojl4o6oshz931/wish/509845084 How is TB acquired? cklanham01 https://padlet.com/cklanham01/r9gojl4o6oshz931/wish/509845681 TB bacteria are spread through the air from one person to another. The TB bacteria are put into the air when a person with TB disease of the lungs or throat coughs, speaks, or sings. People nearby may breathe in these bacteria and become infected.]]> 2020-04-16 04:15:28 UTC https://padlet.com/cklanham01/r9gojl4o6oshz931/wish/509845681 TB is NOT spread by.. cklanham01 https://padlet.com/cklanham01/r9gojl4o6oshz931/wish/509847004 shaking someone’s hand, sharing food or drink, touching bed linens or toilet seats, sharing toothbrushes, kissing

]]> 2020-04-16 04:16:57 UTC https://padlet.com/cklanham01/r9gojl4o6oshz931/wish/509847004 cklanham01 https://padlet.com/cklanham01/r9gojl4o6oshz931/wish/509848819 2020-04-16 04:19:06 UTC https://padlet.com/cklanham01/r9gojl4o6oshz931/wish/509848819 Who is most affected by TB? cklanham01 https://padlet.com/cklanham01/r9gojl4o6oshz931/wish/509849220
  • People with HIV infection
  • People who became infected with TB bacteria in the last 2 years
  • Babies and young children
  • People who inject illegal drugs
  • People who are sick with other diseases that weaken the immune system
  • Elderly people
  • People who were not treated correctly for TB in the past

    • ]]>     2020-04-16 04:19:33 UTC https://padlet.com/cklanham01/r9gojl4o6oshz931/wish/509849220     cklanham01 https://padlet.com/cklanham01/r9gojl4o6oshz931/wish/509850913 2020-04-16 04:21:38 UTC https://padlet.com/cklanham01/r9gojl4o6oshz931/wish/509850913 Treatment of TB cklanham01 https://padlet.com/cklanham01/r9gojl4o6oshz931/wish/509851045 Medications used are: Isoniazid (INH), Rifapentine (RPT), Rifampin (RIF). CDC and the National Tuberculosis Controllers Association (NTCA) preferentially recommend short-course, rifamycin-based, 3- or 4-month latent TB infection treatment regimens over 6- or 9-month isoniazid monotherapy.]]> 2020-04-16 04:21:48 UTC https://padlet.com/cklanham01/r9gojl4o6oshz931/wish/509851045