Ibisobanuro birambuye
Igituntu ni indwara idakira, yandura yatewe ahanini na M. TB hominis (bacillus ya Koch), rimwe na rimwe na M. TB bovis.Ibihaha nibyo byibandwaho, ariko urugingo urwo arirwo rwose rushobora kwandura.Ibyago byo kwandura igituntu byagabanutse cyane mu kinyejana cya 20.Icyakora, vuba aha hagaragaye imiti irwanya ibiyobyabwenge, cyane cyane mu barwayi ba sida 2, byongeye gushishikazwa n'igituntu.Indwara zanduye zagaragaye ko zigera kuri miliyoni 8 ku mwaka zipfa miliyoni 3 ku mwaka.Impfu zarenze 50% mu bihugu bimwe na bimwe bya Afurika bifite umubare munini wa virusi itera SIDA.Gukekwa kwa mbere kwa clinique hamwe nubushakashatsi bwakozwe na radiografiya, hamwe na laboratoire nyuma yo kwisuzumisha hamwe numuco nuburyo gakondo (s) mugupima igituntu gikora.Vuba aha, ubushakashatsi bwakozwe na serologiya bwigituntu gikora bwagiye bukorerwa iperereza ryinshi, cyane cyane kubarwayi badashobora kubyara amacandwe ahagije, cyangwa smear-negative, cyangwa bakekwaho kuba bafite igituntu kidasanzwe.Igikoresho cya TB Ab Combo Rapid Test kit irashobora kumenya antibodies zirimo IgM, IgG na IgA anti- M.TB mugihe kitarenze iminota 10.Ikizamini gishobora gukorwa nabakozi badahuguwe cyangwa bafite ubumenyi buke, badafite ibikoresho bya laboratoire bitoroshye.