World Tuberculosis Day 2010
by Savitha C Muppala on Mar 22, 2010Advertisement
World Tuberculosis Day 2010 - "On the Move Against Tuberculosis, Innovate to Accelerate Action"
World Tuberculosis Day which falls on March 24th, 2010, is tailored to increase public awareness about a disease which is still an epidemic in many regions of the world, annihilating the lives of many millions each year. March 24th is also a remembrance of the day in 1882 when Dr Robert Koch bowled the world over with his breakthrough discovery, the TB bacillus, and the cause of Tuberculosis.World TB Day 2011 Interview: Time to Say Bye to TB
The 24th March of every year is World Tuberculosis Day. The relevance of the statement cannot be more reinstated on the curable communicable disease in a country like India. Out of sheer ignorance, TB is still considered a fatal disease and the struggle to eradicate the disease and to open the closed mindset of the society has become an everyday battle for patients and medical practitioners alike. On a quest for answers Medindia met with Dr. P. Senthilkumar, Pulmonologist of ‘Asthma, TB and Chest Clinic’, Chennai, South India, to inform on the significance of World TB Day 2011.Detecting Tuberculosis: No Microscopes, Just Rats
This is the cheapest way for detecting tuberculosis and may become the first line of test provided it is accepted by the medical community.Presently smear microscopy is the most commonly used method in developing countries. This technique is 100 years old and involves staining the sputum with a dye that colors only Mycobacterium Tuberculosis bacteria, which can then be examined under a microscope. This technique can be used in places with minimum diagnostic facilities, but is not very sensitive unless the bacilli concentration in sputum is high.Drug Resistance – Antibiotic or Antimicrobial Resistance
Drug resistance is often a problem in malaria, tuberculosis, HIV, sexually transmitted diseases and hospital acquired diseases. Judicious use of antibiotics can control the problemAdvertisement
