Tuberculosis disease
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![](/images/5/57/PinkStainTB.jpg)
Mycobacterium tuberculosis under microscope [1]
Etiology/Bacteriology
Taxonomy
![](/images/3/35/Acidstain.jpg)
Mycobacterium tuberculosis Stain [2]
Kingdom: Bacteria
Phylum: Actinobacteria
Class: Actinobacteria
Order: Actinomycetales
Family: Mycobacteriaceae
Genus: Mycobacterium
Species: tuberculosis
Description
![](/images/7/7c/Breakdownstructure.jpg)
Mycobacterium tuberculosis Stain [3]
Pathogenesis
Transmission
Infectious Dose, Incubation, and Colonization
Epidemiology
Virulence Factors
Clinical features
![](/images/5/57/TBXRAY.jpg)
Mycobacterium tuberculosis presented via X Ray [4]
Diagnosis
Treatment
Prevention
Host Immune Response
![](/images/a/a3/Immuneresponse.jpg)
Immune Response to Mycobacterium tuberculosis [5]
References
1 Conway, Tyrrell. “Genus conway”. “Microbe Wiki” 2013. Volume 1. p. 1-2.