Tuberculosis una creciente amenaza para los trabajadores y estudiantes del área de salud

• Main Author: Nieto Ramirez, Luisa María (auth, Editor)
• Other Authors: Pacheco López, Robinson (auth), Luna Miranda, Lucy del Carmen (auth), Peláez Giraldo, Marly Julieth (auth), Rengifo Portilla, Diana Katerine (auth), Cardona Antero, Daniel Esteban (auth), Izquierdo, Juan Sebastián (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: Spanish
• Published: Colombia Universidad Santiago de Cali 2020
• Subjects: Biochemistry; Tuberculosis; Personal de salud; Enfermedad laboral; Salud ocupacional; Riesgo biológico
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Tuberculosis is a chronic infectious disease, caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, a bacterium identified by Robert Koch in 1882 and that after a little more than a century, is recognized as the leading cause of death due to an infectious disease. TB usually affects the lungs, but it can also affec...