Tuberculosis - Symptoms causes - Mayo Clinic Tuberculosis, also called TB, is a serious illness that mainly affects the lungs The germs that cause tuberculosis are a type of bacteria Tuberculosis can spread when a person with the illness coughs, sneezes or sings
Tuberculosis - Wikipedia Tuberculosis (TB), also known colloquially as the "white death", or historically as consumption, [3] is a contagious disease usually caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) bacteria [4] Tuberculosis generally affects the lungs, but it can also affect other parts of the body [1]
Tuberculosis - World Health Organization (WHO) WHO fact sheet on tuberculosis (TB): includes key facts, definition, global impact, treatment, HIV and TB, multidrug-resistant TB and WHO response
Tuberculosis: Causes, Symptoms, Treatment Prevention - Cleveland Clinic TB is dormant (sleeping) inside your body As many as 13 million people in the U S have latent TB Some people can have a latent TB infection for a lifetime, without ever developing symptoms (active TB) But TB can become active if your immune system becomes weakened A weakened immune system may not be able to stop the bacteria from growing
Tuberculosis - National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases . . . In 2017, 10 million people became ill with TB, and 1 6 million people died of TB disease including 230,000 children, according to the World Health Organization Over the past 200 years, TB has claimed the lives of more than one billion people---more deaths than from malaria, influenza, smallpox, HIV AIDS, cholera, and plague combined
Tuberculosis TB - Johns Hopkins Medicine Tuberculosis, or TB, is a bacterial infection that usually infects the lungs Other organs, such as the kidneys, spine, or brain may also be involved TB is primarily spread from person to person in an airborne manner, such as when an infected person coughs or sneezes