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  2. The Largest Tuberculosis Outbreak In U.S. History Is ... - AOL

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    Coughing up blood or phlegm. Weakness or fatigue. ... It’s usually treated with a six-month course of four antibiotics, including rifampicin and isoniazid, ... the treatment is longer and more ...

  3. Hemoptysis - Wikipedia

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    Amounts of blood: large amounts of blood, or there is blood-streaked sputum; Probable source of bleeding: Is the blood coughed up, or vomited? Bloody sputum. color, characters: blood-streaked, fresh blood, frothy pink, bloody gelatinous. Accompanying symptoms fever, chest pain, coughing, purulent sputum, mucocutaneous bleeding, jaundice.

  4. Kansas City tuberculosis outbreak is largest in US history - AOL

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    A tuberculosis outbreak in Kansas City, Kansas, has become the largest documented on record in the United States.. As of Jan. 24, 2025, there have been 67 active cases reported in Wyandotte County ...

  5. Sputum - Wikipedia

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    Blood-streaked sputum –an indicator of possible inflammation of the throat (larynx and/or trachea) or bronchi; lung cancer; other bleeding erosions, ulcers, or tumors of the lower airway. Pink sputum – it indicates sputum evenly mixed with blood from alveoli and/or small peripheral bronchi as is seen in potential pulmonary edema.

  6. Pneumonic plague - Wikipedia

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    The most apparent symptom of pneumonic plague is coughing, often with hemoptysis (coughing up blood). With pneumonic plague, the first signs of illness are fever, headache, weakness and rapidly developing pneumonia with shortness of breath, chest pain, cough and sometimes bloody or watery sputum.

  7. What Doctors Want You to Know About the TB Vaccine - AOL

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    Coughing up blood or phlegm. Weakness or fatigue ... cooperating with them to get the proper treatment, even if you feel OK. ... tuberculosis infections can be treated with a six-month course of ...

  8. ‘Unprecedented’ TB outbreak recorded in Kansas with nearly 70 ...

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    An unprecedented wave of tuberculosis infections has struck the state of Kansas as nearly 70 cases have been recorded, say officials.. Kansas Department of Health and Environment announced 67 ...

  9. Amikacin - Wikipedia

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    Amikacin is an antibiotic medication used for a number of bacterial infections. [9] This includes joint infections, intra-abdominal infections, meningitis, pneumonia, sepsis, and urinary tract infections. [9] It is also used for the treatment of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis. [10] It is used by injection into a vein using an IV or into a ...