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  • Tuberculosis

    by Dr. Karen Leggett
    Tuberculosis is a chronic infection involving usually the lungs but also may involve other organs. About one fourth of newly discovered cases each year occur in elderly patients. Some of these are new infections, but many are recurrences of past infections. New, effective methods of treatment are available and have changed the management of tuberculosis.
    Posted in Chronic Infection, Lungs, Tuberculosis