What is TB (Tuberculosis)?

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What is TB (Tuberculosis)?

AKA "The White Plague"

"During the World War TB killed more persons than shot and shell."

(Louisville Times, Dec. 5, 1928)

Tuberculosis - Infection, with or without disease, caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Humans usually acquire infection by breathing in infectious droplets, which have been expelled from the respiratory tract of infected persons. Tuberculosis disease mainly affects and damages the lungs, but the bacterium may spread to any other organ system. The disease is slowly progressive and chronic if untreated and death may result. Treatment with antibiotics is available, but must be administered over many months to achieve remission.

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