Young "hard" tubercle [arrow] with prominent epitheloid cells (x120)

Thanks to Robert F. Boyd, PhD, and Virginia Wirtz, authors of General Microbiology Times Mirror/Mosby College Publishing, 1984
Disease Tuberculosis
Description causes rashes, flu-like symptoms, arthritis, fatigue; life-threatening if untreated
Responsible pathogen Mycobacterium tuberculosis and two other bacteria
Route of exposure respiratory
Mode of transmission not highly communicable


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