Tuberculosis

WANTED

Subject: Tuberculosis

(Also known as Mycobacterium Tuberculosis)

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-hard time breathing-sweating-loss of appetite-severe weight loss and/or muscle loss-cough(may caugh blood)-host being tired or inactive-fever-phlegm.

If Found:

Observable Symtems

-Be aware, is contagous. TB is commonly transmitted through cough.-Get host to hospital immediately-treat with medicines below

Beware!Around 9 million people became sick with TB in 2013, killing 1.5 million of them.

Keep and eye out for people between the ages of 19-60+. The case of tuberculosis in not normally in the early childhood.

Last Seen:“More than 100 people who attend or work at a southern California high school will be treated with antibiotics after being exposed to tuberculosis, a spokesman for the Riverside County Health Department said Monday.”

Medications:-Pyrazinamide-Ethambutol (Myambutol)-Rifabutin-Rifapentine (Priftin)-Ethionamide (Trecator)-Rifampin-Isoniazid