TY  - CHAP
AU  - Claude Mambo Muvunyi
AU  - Florence Masaisa
ED  - Pere-Joan Cardona
Y1  - 2012-02-15
PY  - 2012
T1  - Diagnosis of Smear-Negative Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Low-Income Countries: Current Evidence in Sub-Saharan Africa with Special Focus on HIV Infection or AIDS
N2  - Mycobacterium tuberculosis is a disease that is transmitted through aerosol. This is the reason why it is estimated that a third of humankind is already infected by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. The vast majority of the infected do not know about their status. Mycobacterium tuberculosis is a silent pathogen, causing no symptomatology at all during the infection. In addition, infected people cannot cause further infections. Unfortunately, an estimated 10 per cent of the infected population has the probability to develop the disease, making it very difficult to eradicate. Once in this stage, the bacilli can be transmitted to other persons and the development of clinical symptoms is very progressive. Therefore the diagnosis, especially the discrimination between infection and disease, is a real challenge. In this book, we present the experience of worldwide specialists on the diagnosis, along with its lights and shadows.
BT  - Understanding Tuberculosis
SP  - Ch. 6
UR  - https://doi.org/10.5772/29654
DO  - 10.5772/29654
SN  - 
PB  - IntechOpen
CY  - Rijeka
Y2  - 2024-05-10
ER  -