 Tuberculosis
can be a very difficult disease to diagnose. Current
diagnosis procedures include abnormal chest X-rays,
tuberculin skin tests, serological tests, microbiological
smears and cultures. The most popular form of diagnosis
is a tuberculin skin test, which can take weeks to diagnose.
Designer
Diagnostics, the medical devices subsidiary of Nutra
Pharma Corporation, is currently developing a Tuberculosis
test kit for the rapid identification and sensitivity
testing of the disease.
Tuberculosis Treatments Antibiotics
are used to treat Tuberculosis. Most treatments can
take up to 6 months and drug resistant strains may take
significantly longer to treat.
The two most common antibiotics used to treat TB include:
It is very important that a patient completes the required
treatment. If the patient fails to follow the treatment
exactly, the bacteria may not be fully removed from
the body and multi-drug resistant strains may develop. |
