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Pulmonary Tuberculosis
Definition
Pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) is a contagious bacterial infection that mainly involves the lungs, but may spread to other organs.
Etiologi
The reason is that bacteria mycobacterium tuberculosis microorganisme with length from 1 to 4 um thick and 1.3 to 0.6 um, one of those aerobic gram-positive bacteria and acid resistant or acid resistant bacilli.
Symptoms
The primary stage of the disease usually doesn't have symptoms. When symptoms do occur, they may include:
- Cough (sometimes producing phlegm)
- Coughing up blood
- Excessive sweating, especially at night
- Fatigue
- Fever
- Unintentional weight loss
Other symptoms that may occur with this disease:
- Breathing difficulty
- Chest pain
- Wheezing
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