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Tuberculosis (TB)
UK sources of information and / or support
Patient UK
Has an information leaflet called Tuberculosis
British Lung Foundation
Offers support for everyone affected by lung disease. Provides information on TB and other lung diseases.
Tuberculosis
Patient information available from the British Thoracic Society, the professional organisation for specialists in chest diseases.
Tuberculosis
Information from the Health Protection Agency. The Agency provides information on the numerous strands of the condition, including Bovine Tuberculosis.
Tuberculosis
A patient guide to complement the NICE national guideline for health professionals called Tuberculosis.
Medicine Guide for Tuberculosis
Medicine Guides provide reliable information about medicines (drugs), conditions and the different treatment options available. They have been developed in the UK as part of the Medicines Information Project.
Tbalert
Aims to increase awareness in Britain of the threat of TB bothworldwide and at home and to raise funds to support operationalwork against the disease in the countries most affected.
TB information
Information about TB in general, and TB in people with HIV. Information provided by UK Coalition of People Living with HIV and AIDS.
National Collaborating Centre for Chronic Conditions
The National Collaborating Centre for Chronic Conditions (NCC-CC) is a collaborative, multi-professional centre undertaking commissions to develop clinical guidelines for the NHS in England and Wales. The site provides an information service sourced from the Royal College of Physicians. Includes a section on TB.
Department of Health
The Department of Health provides policy, information and useful links concerning Tuberculosis.
Further sources / more detailed information
Some non-UK sites
The following list popular non-UK health information sites with content aimed at the general public. They are mainly from the US. They have not been checked to see if information about the above topic is included but these large sites are comprehensive.
- Non-UK disease / illness sites
- Non-UK self-help / support group sites
More detailed medical information
The following list online sources of more detailed medical information, mainly from the UK. These sites are mainly aimed at health professionals, but are of interest to all. They have not been checked to see if information about the above topic is included, but information about most medical topics can usually be found.
- PatientPlus - hundreds of medical reference articles provided by Patient UK.
- Evidence Based Medicine - such as from Clinical Evidence, The Cochrane Library, etc.
- Database of UK Clinical Guidelines - from NICE, SIGN, Clinical Knowledge Summaries, etc.
- Medline - abstracts available from thousands of journals.
- Sites listing free online medical textbooks and journals.
- Sites listing free medical images - pictures, atlases, anatomy, skin diseases, etc.
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Related pages in Patient UK
Information leaflets related to this topic (^ top of page)
TuberculosisPatient Support related to this topic (^ top of page)
TB AlertMedical reference articles in PatientPlus related to this topic (^ top of page)
Antituberculous Drugs Non-pulmonary Tuberculosis Notifiable Diseases Tuberculosis Tuberculosis (TB) ManagementUK guidelines related to this topic (^ top of page)
Guidelines on TuberculosisRecent news items related to this topic (^ top of page)
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Pictures, diagrams, photos, images, etc.Evidence based medicine
Online textbooks and journals
A-Z of UK Guidelines
A-Z of Online Videos
Medline
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