| Tuberculosis is a germ infection caused by | | | | particularity, and so, the disease may occur within |
| Mycobacterium tuberculosis which generally affects | | | | weeks after the primary infection. |
| the lungs, but it can also affect kidneys, lymph | | | | Some people shed the TB germ into their lungs for |
| nodes, spine, intestinal tract and brain. | | | | years and at some moment the germs could activate |
| Tuberculosis is spreading by air, if an infected person | | | | and the infection could manifest. |
| coughs sneezes or shouts, the germs spreading into | | | | The easiest to infect are the children and people who |
| the air. By inhaling them other people get infected. | | | | have a weakened immune system (those undergoing |
| At the thoracic X-ray appear granulomas (granular | | | | chemotherapy, those who had an organ transplant |
| tumors) in the lungs. | | | | and now take immunosuppressive drugs, and those |
| Most peopleâs immune system contains the | | | | infected with HIV). |
| primary infection, but some do not have this | | | | |