Mar 15, 2018
Diagnosis of Tuberculosis
Introduction Mycobacterium Tuberculosis (MTB) is the bacterium that causes the infection known as tuberculosis. MTB is a large, non-motile rod-shaped, gram positive, obligate aerobe. Thus, usually, MTB complexes can be found in the upper lobes of the lungs, which is well-aerated. With a slow generation time (15-20hrs), MTB tend to be a facultative intracellular parasite of macrophages (Kumar et…
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