Tuberculosis

Children

1.	TB (Tuberculosis) Virtual Hospital http://www.vh.org/pediatric/patient/pediatrics/cqqa/tb.html




2.	Pediatric Tuberculosis American Lung Association http://www.lungusa.org/site/pp.asp?c=dvLUK9O0E&b=35805

Clinical Trials

1.	ClinicalTrials.gov: Tuberculosis National Institutes of Health http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct/gui/action/FindCondition?ui=D014376&recruiting...

Diagnosis/Symptoms

1.	QuantiFERON-TB Food and Drug Administration http://www.fda.gov/cdrh/mda/docs/P010033.pdf




2.	Tuberculosis: The Meaning of a Positive Test American Academy of Family Physicians http://familydoctor.org/120.xml




3.	Radiography (X-Ray): Chest American College of Radiology, Radiological Society of North America http://www.radiologyinfo.org/content/chest_radiography.htm




4.	AFB Culture American Association for Clinical Chemistry http://www.labtestsonline.org/understanding/analytes/afb_culture/test.html

National Institutes of Health

1.	Learn about Tuberculosis National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases http://www.niaid.nih.gov/publications/pubTB/TBEnglish06.pdf




2.	Tuberculosis Overview National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases http://www.niaid.nih.gov/factsheets/tb.htm




3.	Learn about Tuberculosis Infection National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases http://www.niaid.nih.gov/publications/pubTB/TBInfEng06.pdf

Organizations

1.	National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disea http://www.niaid.nih.gov/




2.	American Lung Association http://www.lungusa.org/

Other Languages

1.	Tuberculosis Information - Albanian: Informacion P Centers for Disease Control and Prevention http://www.cdc.gov/nchstp/tb/pubs/pamphlets/albanian_factsheets/albanian_al...




2.	Tuberculosis Information - Albanian: Informacion P Centers for Disease Control and Prevention http://www.cdc.gov/nchstp/tb/pubs/pamphlets/albanian_factsheets/albanian2_a...

Overviews

1.	Questions and Answers about TB Centers for Disease Control and Prevention http://www.cdc.gov/nchstp/tb/faqs/qa.htm




2.	Tuberculosis Mayo Clinic http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=DS00372




3.	Tuberculosis (TB) American Lung Association http://www.lungusa.org/site/pp.asp?c=dvLUK9O0E&b=35778

Prevention/Screening

1.	You Can Prevent TB Centers for Disease Control and Prevention http://www.cdc.gov/nchstp/tb/pubs/tbfactsheets/prevention_eng.htm




2.	TB Skin Test American Association for Clinical Chemistry http://www.labtestsonline.org/understanding/analytes/tb_skin/test.html

Related Issues

1.	Connection between TB and HIV (the AIDS Virus) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention http://www.cdc.gov/nchstp/tb/pubs/pamphlets/tbandhiv_eng.htm




2.	Traveler's Health: Tuberculosis Centers for Disease Control and Prevention http://www.cdc.gov/travel/diseases/tb.htm

Research

1.	First U.S. Tuberculosis Vaccine Trial in 60 Years National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/jan2004/niaid-26.htm

Specific Conditions

1.	Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis American Lung Association http://www.lungusa.org/site/pp.asp?c=dvLUK9O0E&b=35815




2.	Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) National Jewish Medical and Research Center http://www.nationaljewish.org/medfacts/nontuberculosis.html

Statistics

1.	TB Elimination: Now Is the Time! National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention http://www.cdc.gov/nchstp/tb/pubs/nowisthetime/pageone.htm




2.	Tuberculosis in the United States, 2004 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention http://www.cdc.gov/od/oc/media/pressrel/fs050317.htm




3.	2003 TB Rates Remain High for Foreign-Born, Racial Centers for Disease Control and Prevention http://www.cdc.gov/od/oc/media/pressrel/fs040318.htm

Treatment

1.	Tuberculosis: Treatment of Active Tuberculosis American Academy of Family Physicians http://familydoctor.org/184.xml




2.	Tuberculosis: Treatment of Tuberculosis Infection American Academy of Family Physicians http://familydoctor.org/185.xml

Women

1.	Tuberculosis National Women's Health Information Center http://www.4woman.gov/faq/tuberculosis-etr.htm