Overview

Tuberculosis is a potentially serious bacterial infection attacking the lungs.

Common symptoms

Symptoms include cough or cough accompanied by blood, weight loss, night sweats, and fever.

Treatment options

Treatment isn't always required for those without symptoms. Patients displaying symptoms will likely require an extensive course of treatment including multiple antibiotics.

 

Care team

Profiles

Peter White, MD

Pulmonologist Internal Medicine | Pulmonary, and Critical Care
751 N. Rutledge St. 1st Floor Springfield, IL 62702
Profiles

Ezzeldin Saleh, MD

Pediatrician Pediatrics | Infectious Diseases
400 N. 9th Street Springfield, IL 62702
Profiles

Kami Harless, MD

Physician Family Medicine
1600 East Clear Lake Avenue Springfield, IL 62703
Profiles

Maryann Van Ryn, DNP, FNP-C

APRN Internal Medicine | Infectious Disease
520 N. 4th St. Springfield, IL 62702
Profiles

Marcela Rodriguez, MD

Pediatric Infectious Diseases Specialist Pediatrics | Infectious Diseases
400 N. 9th Street Springfield, IL 62702
Profiles

Sana Waqar, MD

Infectious Diseases Specialist Internal Medicine | Infectious Disease
751 N. Rutledge St. 2nd Floor Springfield, IL 62702
Profiles

Zainab Alnafoosi, MD

Infectious Diseases Physician Internal Medicine | Infectious Disease
751 N. Rutledge St. 2nd Floor Springfield, IL 62702
Profiles

Vidya Sundareshan, MD

Infectious Diseases Specialist Internal Medicine | Infectious Disease
751 N. Rutledge St. 2nd Floor Springfield, IL 62702
Profiles

Vidhya Prakash, MD

Infectious Disease Specialist Internal Medicine | Infectious Disease
751 N. Rutledge St. 2nd Floor Springfield, IL 62702
Profiles

Subhash Chaudhary, MD

Pediatric Infectious Diseases Specialist Pediatrics | Infectious Diseases
400 N. 9th Street Springfield, IL 62702
Profiles

M. Haitham Bakir, MD

Pulmonologist Internal Medicine | Pulmonary
751 N. Rutledge St. 1st Floor Springfield, IL 62702
Profiles

Rajagopal Sreedhar, MD

Pulmonologist Internal Medicine | Pulmonary, and Critical Care
751 N. Rutledge St. 1st Floor Springfield, IL 62702
Profiles

Mingchen Song, MD

Pulmonologist Internal Medicine | Pulmonary, and Critical Care
751 N. Rutledge St. 1st Floor Springfield, IL 62702
Profiles

Kylee Denney, FNP-BC

Certified Nurse Practitioner Internal Medicine | Pulmonary
400 N. 9th Street Springfield, IL 62702
Profiles

Breanne Frieze, FNP-BC

Certified Nurse Practitioner Internal Medicine | Pulmonary
751 N. Rutledge St. 1st Floor Springfield, IL 62702

 

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