tuberculosis

     

Tuberculosis (abbreviate as TB for tubercle bacillus or Tuberculosis) is a common and deadly infectious disease caused by mycobacteria, mainly Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Tuberculosis most commonly attacks the lungs (as pulmonary TB) but can also affect the central nervous system, the lymphatic system, the circulatory system, the genitourinary system, bones, joints and even the skin. Other mycobacteria such as Mycobacterium bovis, Mycobacterium africanum, Mycobacterium canetti, and Mycobacterium microti can also cause tuberculosis, but these species do not usually infect healthy adults.

Trivia about tuberculosis

  • Abbreviated TB, this disease is characterized by lesions in the lung tissue
  • The cross seen here is used as a symbol in the battle against this disease abbreviated TB:
  • This disease was once known as consumption
  • This lung disease claimed the life of Poe's 24-year-old wife
  • Robert Louis Stevenson suffered from this lung disease for many years, but died of a cerebral hemorrhage in 1894
  • Guinea pigs are used to diagnose this disease because of their low resistance to the tubercle bacillus
  • Thomas Mann's "Magic Mountain" is set in a Swiss sanatorium for this disease
  • In 1882 Robert Koch discovered the bacteria that cause this disease also called consumption
  • Christmas Seals were first sold in 1907 to raise funds to fight this disease
  • This lung disease, isolated in 1882, has been found in an ancient mummy, so there should be hieroglyphic Christmas Seals
  • This lung disease isolated in 1882 has been found in an ancient mummy, so there should be hieroglyphic Christmas seals
  • In 1882 Robert Koch discovered the microbe that causes this lung disease, TB for short
  • More accurate than a tine test, the Mantoux skin test is used for screening & diagnosing this infectious disease
  • A 76-cent stamp recognized Edward Trudeau, a phthisiologist, one who studies this wasting lung disease

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