Hello, I'm M. tuberculosis.
I'm called an 'acid fast' bacteria because of my waxy cell walls.
On a special stain called a Ziehl-Neelsen stain, I look red.
I cause tuberculosis, infecting lots of people all over the world.
I get inhaled into your lungs and cause primary TB, which most people don't even notice.
Your immune system keeps me dormant so I wait for years until it gets weak.
That's when I kick in!! I give you cough, weight loss, fever, night sweats, and tiredness.
Your lungs become like a block of cheese, full of holes.
From there I spread to the lymph nodes and infect all over your body.
In the spine, I'm called Pott's disease.
In miliary TB I send tiny bits out to infect lots and lots of organs.
3 comments:
eyup. and nowadays, cuz of years and years of antibiotic abuse and misuse, there are strains of TB that have evolved to resist treatment.
yup..
Antibiotic abuse is all over !
only 4 antibotics are used to ttt TB ..
Eventhough , they are prescribed for the most trivial reasons :S !
Thanks Emma .
I'll adopt you Mtb. I'll keep you nice and warm. I'll feed you chicken soup and little white and red and blue pills!
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