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Abstract

#Tuberculosis (TB) is a serious public health problem in the world that intensifies when people reach advanced ages, also due to the proliferation of drug-resistant strains, among other reasons. Risk factors such as HIV, poverty, alcohol, smoking, #immunosuppression of different origins, among others, increase the probability of contracting it. For these reasons, it is essential to make an optimal diagnosis, which allows an accurate detection of the #infection, fast, efficient, sensitive, specific, economic. Among the tests used are: chest x-ray, sputum microscopy, culture in liquid and solid media and amplification of nucleic acids.Tuberculosis (TB) is a contagious disease produced by bacillus of the complex #Mycobacterium tuberculosis, cuyo principal #miembro que produce TB humana es M. tuberculosis. This infection spreads in all countries of the world; however, the data provided by the WHO [in the World Tuberculosis Report 2017] [1] indicate that 18 have the highest incidences with more than 100,000 new cases in 2016 [2]. According to this organization, the largest proportions of cases (64%) is distributed in only seven countries: India (27%), Indonesia (10%), China (9%), Philippines (5%), Pakistan (5%), South Africa (4%) and Nigeria (4%). The most affected areas are Asia (45%), Africa (25%) and the Western Pacific (17%). TB remains one of the infectious diseases with the highest mortality in the world [3].

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Immuno Tuberculosis by María Elizabeth Márquez Contreras in BJSTR