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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
7 Davidson College Pathogen Life Cycle

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

University of Oklahoma Microbiology in Arezzo, Italy[5]

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