Mar 7, 2025 · People with active TB disease in the lungs or voice box can spread the disease. They release tiny droplets that carry the bacteria through the air. This can happen when they're speaking, singing, laughing, coughing or sneezing.

Feb 17, 2025 · Tuberculosis (TB) is a bacterial infection that usually affects your lungs. It can also spread to other organs. It’s treatable with medications but can be fatal if not treated.

Jan 9, 2024 · Many people with tuberculosis stay in the latent infection stage, but some develop the active disease. Both stages are treatable. Tuberculosis (TB) is a bacterial infection that usually...

Jan 31, 2025 · TB disease can occur in pulmonary and extrapulmonary sites. Pulmonary TB disease affects the lungs. People with pulmonary TB disease usually have a cough and an abnormal chest radiograph. They may be infectious. Most TB cases are pulmonary.

Jan 22, 2025 · Pulmonary manifestations of tuberculosis are varied and depend on bacterial dose, virulence and host immunity. Droplet transmission causes pulmonary infection which is usually contained, becoming dormant. Subsequent cavitating disease can be due to reactivation or new exogenous infection.

Oct 30, 2024 · TB is spread through the air from one person to another. The TB germs are spread into the air when a person with active TB disease of the lungs or throat coughs, speaks, or sings. People may breathe in these TB germs and become infected. When a person breathes in TB germs, the TB germs can settle in the lungs and begin to grow.

Sep 17, 2018 · Pulmonary TB occurs when M. tuberculosis primarily attacks the lungs. However, it can spread from there to other organs. Pulmonary TB is curable with an early diagnosis and antibiotic...

Jan 2, 2023 · Summarize the etiology of primary pulmonary tuberculosis. Outline the evaluation of patients presenting with primary pulmonary tuberculosis. Review the management options available for primary pulmonary tuberculosis.

Clinical symptoms of active tuberculosis (TB) can range from a simple cough to more severe reactions, such as irreversible lung damage and, eventually, death, depending on disease progression.

Transmission of TB is by inhalation of infectious droplet nuclei containing viable bacilli (aerosol spread). Mycobacteria-laden droplet nuclei are formed when a patient with active pulmonary TB coughs and can remain suspended in the air for several hours. Sneezing or …