Summary Pulmonary tuberculosis (TB)
Pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) is a contagious bacterial infection that involves the lungs. It may spread to other organs. Causes Pulmonary TB is caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M tuberculosis). TB is contagious. This means the bacteria are easily spread from an infected person to someone else. You can get TB by breathing in air droplets from a cough or sneeze of an infected person. The resulting lung infection is called primary TB.
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Havard School
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Pulmonary tuberculosis
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- 22 de junio de 2022
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- 2021/2022
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- pulmonary tuberculosis
- ptb
- ptb in hiv
- covid 19 and ptb
- tuberculosis
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pulmonary tuberculosis tb
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mycobacterium tuberculosis