Tuberculosis (commonly shortened to TB) is an infection caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis, which most commonly affects the lungs (pulmonary TB.
Tuberculosis is one of the most deadly and common major infectious diseases today, infecting two billion people or one-third of the world's population..
For more information about the topic Tuberculosis, read the full article at Wikipedia.org, or see the following related articles:
Bacterial meningitis Bacterial meningitis is a condition in which the dural layers lining the brain (the meninges) have become inflamed. The classic symptoms of bacterial ... >
read more
Multi-infarct dementia Multi-infarct dementia, also known as vascular dementia, is a form of dementia resulting from brain damage caused by stroke or transient ischemic ... >
read more
Laryngitis Laryngitis is an inflammation of the larynx. It causes hoarse voice or the complete loss of the voice because of irritation to the vocal folds (vocal ... >
read more
Tularemia Tularemia (also known as "rabbit fever") is an infectious disease caused by the bacterium Francisella tularensis. The disease is endemic in North ... >
read more
Note: This page refers to an article that is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the article Tuberculosis at Wikipedia.org. See the Wikipedia copyright page for more details.