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Mycobacterium tuberculosis under microscope [1]

Etiology/Bacteriology

Mycobacterium tuberculosis Stain [2]

Taxonomy

Kingdom: Bacteria
Phylum: Actinobacteria
Class: Actinobacteria
Order: Actinomycetales
Family: Mycobacteriaceae
Genus: Mycobacterium
Species: tuberculosis

Description

Mycobacterium tuberculosis Stain [3]

Pathogenesis

Transmission

Infectious Dose, Incubation, and Colonization

Epidemiology

Virulence Factors

Clinical Features and Symptoms

Mycobacterium tuberculosis presented via X Ray [4]

Diagnosis

Treatment

Prevention

Host Immune Response

References

1 Conway, Tyrrell. “Genus conway”. “Microbe Wiki” 2013. Volume 1. p. 1-2.
2 NHS General Information on Tuberculosis
3 Ozimek, Maleana Mycobacterium tuberculosis
4 CDC General Information on Tuberculosis
5 PPD skin test Medline Plus
6 Exposure to Tuberculosis Vanderbilt Occupational Health Clinic

Created by Jennifer Gallup, student of Tyrrell Conway at the University of Oklahoma.

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 ==Pathogenesis==
 ===Transmission===
-Much too contrary belief, the only method by which tuberculosis (TB) is spread, is through airborne particles from person to person. If a healthy human were to breathe in the bacteria that escaped the lungs of an infected individual who coughed, sneezed, or even spoke, they will contract the disease. With <i> Mycobacterium tuberculosis</i> being able to colonize and affect many different parts of the body, the only contagious form of the disease is pulmonary tuberculosis. [[#References|[3]]]
 ===Infectious Dose, Incubation, and Colonization===