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Which is a highly contagious bacterial infection of the lungs?
pneumonia. Pneumonia is caused by by contact with mucus from an infected person or the introduction of bacteria or viruses normally present in the mouth.
What is a contagious bacterial infection that usually affects the lungs?
answer is tuberculosis
Is tuberculosis a bacterial or viral disease?
TB is caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, a bacteria
Two examples of bacteria that cause disease?
Two examples of bacteria that cause disease include E. coli, and Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
What organs to the bacteria that cause tuberculosis typically damage?
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How does tuberculosis disease effect healthy cells?
tuberculosis disease affects the cells of the lungs. They infect them with the tuberculosis bacilli making the host vulnerable to other infections in the body.
A disease related to bacteria within the lungs is?
its actually tubercluosis.
Is tuberculosis a viruse or a bacteria?
Tuberculosis is a bacterial disease caused mainly by mycobacterium in humans. This disease usually attacks lungs.
What does the medical abbreviation PTB mean?
PTB is short for pulmonary tuberculosis, which is a type of tuberculosis that affects the lungs. It is a serious infectious disease caused by the bacteria Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
Is tuberculosis a virus?
Tuberculosis is a bacterial disease caused mainly by mycobacterium in humans. This disease usually attacks lungs.
Is there a disease called spine tuberculosis?
I think it somehow affects the lungs?!?! When the inhaled tuberculosis bacteria enter the lungs, they can multiply and cause a local lung infection (pneumonia).
What kingdom does mycobacterium tuberculosis belong to?
Tuberculosis, or Mycobacterium Tuberculosis, belongs to the genus Mycobacterium. This in turn belongs to the family Mycobacteriaceae. Therefore, Tuberculosis belongs to the family Mycobacteriaceae.
How did tuberculosis get its name?
Tuberculosis(TB) is also known as consumption or "white plague" .It got its name from the numerous tubercles("holes") formed in the lungs and other parts of the body by the bacteria.
What main part of the body tuberculosis attack?
Tuberculosis is found mainly in the lungs.
What type of microorganism causes tuberculosis?
The bacteria that causes tuberculosis is mycobacterium tuberculosis an acid fast bacteria
Why does mycobacterium tuberculosis favor the lungs?
TB aka Tuberculosis mainly attacks the lungs but not Only the lungs. TB may also attack different parts of your body such as your central nervous system, lymphatic system, circulatory system, genitourinary system, bones, joints, and gastrointestinal system, it can even affect the skin. When TB mainly concentrates in the lung it's mainly pulmonary TB.The Tuberculosis disease is mainly spread through the bacteria in the Air. When people sneeze, cough, and spit. Your lungs filter out the air you breathe, which therefore means when you inhale in the air the Tuberculosis bacteria may also be breathed in along with it. The Bacteria then concentrates itself mainly around the lungs infecting that area. But like it was stated in the previous paragraph it doesn't only effect the lungs. Statistics say that: One in ten latent infections will actually become an active disease, and if not treated it frequently kills its victims.
Is tuberculiosis a bacteria or a virus?
Tuberculosis is a disease(not bacteria) caused by the bacterium Mycobacteria tuberculosis.
