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Tuberculosis pulmonar

La tuberculosis es causada por un grupo de organismos: Mycobacterium tuberculosis, M. bovis, M. africanum y otros subtipos menos comunes. Por lo general infecta los pulmones, pero puede afectar otros órganos del cuerpo. Recientemente han aparecido cepas de tuberculosis resistentes a los antibióticos. Hoy en día, debido al número creciente de individuos inmunocomprometidos con SIDA, y de indigentes sin cuidado médico, los casos de tuberculosis han ido en aumento. (Cortesía de los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades -CDC- de los Estados Unidos)

Revision

Last reviewed 4/30/2012 by David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine. Jatin M. Vyas, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Assistant in Medicine, Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M. Health Solutions, Ebix, Inc.

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