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Microbiology: All about Tuberculosis (TB)

Learn about Tuberculosis - Its symptoms, causes, risk factors, diagnosis, treatment and management

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In this course, you will learn

1. TB epidemiology
2. How does TB spread?
3. Pathogenesis of Tuberculosis
4. Secondary tuberculosis
5. Latent & Active TB
6. Progression from Latent TB to Active TB
7. What is Extra-pulmonary TB & its forms
8. Miliary TB & risk factors contributing to miliary TB
9. TB and HIV coinfection
10. What is Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome (IRIS)?
11. TB & Diabetes
12. TB & Malnutrition
13. TB & Pregnancy
14. Diagnosis of TB - Radiological studies, Skin Test, IGRA Test, Sputum Microscopy staining, TB culture test & PCR
15. First line TB drugs to treat drug susceptible TB & their mechanism of action
16. History of TB drugs
17. What is MDR-TB?
18. Prevention of MDR-TB
19. Drug Susceptibility Testing
20. Xpert MTB/RIF assay & Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra assay
21. Line Probe Assay
22. TrueNat TB test
23. Cautions in using molecular tests
24. Treatment of MDR-TB
25. New TB drugs - Bedaquiline & Delamanid
26. Longer MDR-TB regimen
27. Shorter MDR-TB regimen and the Bangladesh Regimen
28. STREAM Trial
29. What is XDR-TB?
30. Treatment of XDR-TB
31. Treatment of Latent TB
32. Treatment of Extrapulmonary TB
33. DOT and DOTS
34. New TB drugs under development
35. Repurposing of drugs

Who this course is for:

The course is designed for physicians, nurses, epidemiologists, public health workers, microbiologists, pharmacists, researchers in infectious diseases as well as students in any of these areas
It will also benefit all those who want to broaden their understanding of the TB disease.