Tuberculosis
摘要
Tuberculosis is a specific infectious granulomatous disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. M. tuberculosis infects about one third of the world’s population and is the single most important cause of death on Earth by infection. It commonly affects lungs but also affects the intestines, meninges, bones, joints, lymph glands, skin, and other tissues of the body. The disease also affects animals like cattle; this is known as bovine tuberculosis and is sometimes communicated to man through ingestion of unpasteurized, infected cow’s milk.