Tuberculosis (TB)

Tuberculosis is also known as TB. A pathogen known as Mycobacterium tuberculosis is the exact cause of this contagious infection. In this disease, the lungs of the human body are mostly affected, but it can also spread to numerous other organs of the body such as circulatory system, lymphatic system and central nervous system.

The bacteria within the lungs of the tuberculosis affected patients grow faster and lead to pneumonia along with prolonged cough, chest pain and coughing with blood.

Tuberculosis can be treated with the help of medicines but the time span of treatment takes much longer time (seven to nine months) than any other bacterial virus.

Bentham Science eBook, ‘Tuberculosis Treatment: The search for new drugs’ covers a wide range of topics that are related to TB drug discovery. The e-book begins with historical information about Tuberculosis discovery and treatment and explores modern treatment strategies, formulations (synthetic and natural) and class of compounds. For further Details, you can visit: http://www.benthamscience.com/ebooks/9781608057887/index.htm