Tuberculosis
: Annotated Internet Resources
Compiled by Allison Martin
Merck Manual Home Edition
http://www.merck.com/pubs/mmanual_home/sec17/181.htm
Diagnosis, treatment and prevention.
BCG Vaccine
http://www.drgreene.com/960520.html
Dr. Greene discusses the effectiveness of the BCG vaccine.
CDC-NCHSTP-Division of TB Elimination : Major
TB Guidelines
http://www.cdc.gov/nchstp/tb/default.htm
Technical articles on tuberculosis.
International adoptions pose extra TB problems,
on Dr. Ellen Aronson's website
http://members.aol.com/jaronmink/tb2.htm
Treatment of Tuberculosis and Tuberculosis Infection
in Adults and Children.
American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. Vol 149 1994
http://aepo-xdv-www.epo.cdc.gov/wonder/prevguid/p0000413/p0000413.asp
Slightly dated but substantial discussion of tuberculosis treatment of
children and adults.
Francis J. Curry National Tuberculosis Center
http://www.nationaltbcenter.edu/
The Online
Learning section includes knowledgable factsheets on testing and treatment
of TB in a Question and Answer format. Pediatric
Tuberculosis is an excellent Q&A on TB testing in children, including
BCG and testing recommendations.
Medical Library of the American Medical Association
(AMA)
http://www.medem.com/search/article_display.cfm?path=n:&mstr=/ZZZH7LZK1AC.html&soc=AMA&srch_typ=NAV_SERCH
Good introduction to TB and symtoms in children.
Ask NOAH About: Tuberculosis, Bureau of Tuberculosis
Control, New York City Department of Health
http://www.noah-health.org/english/illness/tb/nycdoh/nycdohtb1.html
Tuberculosis questions and answers.
Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center: TB Resources
http://www.cpmc.columbia.edu/resources/tbcpp/
Basic factsheets and articles on tuberculosis including TB
: Getting Cured and Skin
Test.
American Lung Association : TB
http://www.lungusa.org/diseases/lungtb.html
General TB factsheet.
World Health Organization (WHO) Tuberculosis
Site
http://www.who.int/gtb/index.htm
An international overview forTB detection and treatment.
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