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yes. secondary tuberculosis which is more common in adult is actually the reactivation of the bacterial (M. Tuberculosis) which remain dormant in the lung after the first infection that can go back years ago.
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∙ 14y agoPassed on from bacteria. Either from a person with tuberculosis coughing on them or if they used a cup that someone with tuberculosis just used etcc.. x
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∙ 10y agoby a mycobacterium tuberculosis it can be infected the lungs
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∙ 14y agoyes tuberculosis is a curable disease
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What was tuberculosis once called?
At one time Tuberculosis was called consumption.
How does one get Tuberculosis?
Passed on from bacteria. Either from a person with tuberculosis coughing on them or if they used a cup that someone with tuberculosis just used etcc.. x
How long does it take to get tuberculosis sputum culture results?
It can take anywhere from one to eight weeks to get Tuberculosis Sputum culture results. The test will determine if you have Tuberculosis.
What is the difference between XDR and MDR tuberculosis?
MDR tuberculosis :- Resistance to H and R XDR tuberculosis :- Resistance to H and R to one injectable antibiotics to Fluroquinolone
What disease is caused by a bacillus?
Tuberculosis for one.
What action must be taken if one has been in contact with a tuberculosis carrier?
what kinds of precations are necssary in tuberculosis
Microorganism that causes Tuberculosis?
i think it is mycobacterium bovis, (which is the one you can catch from cattle), which is much more uncommon than mycobacterium tuberculosis, (which is the most common one ).
What is the species of tuberculosis?
i think it is the similar species of tuberculosis.
What bacteria can reproduce in phagocytes?
Mycobacterium tuberculosis is one.
Difference between Miliary tuberculosis and open tuberculosis?
difference between miliary tuberculosis and tuberculosis
When did Albert Calmette discover tuberculosis?
Albert Calmette did NOT discover tuberculosis. He was only trying to cure it. In 1882, the German microbiologist Robert Koch discovered that Mycobacterium Tuberculosis caused tuberculosis. However, the discoverer of tuberculosis is not one person, but many scientists who have described the disease.The first person to describe the disease was Hippocrates, a Greek physician. This shows that tuberculosis has existed for 15,000 to 20,000 years.
What is the pathogen name for tuberculosis?
The pathogen that causes tuberculosis is Mycobacterium.
