MRCP UK EXAMINATIONS

Detailed explanation-1: -Tuberculosis (TB) is caused by a bacterium called Mycobacterium tuberculosis. The bacteria usually attack the lungs, but TB bacteria can attack any part of the body such as the kidney, spine, and brain.

Detailed explanation-2: -Tuberculosis (TB) is caused by a type of bacterium called Mycobacterium tuberculosis. It’s spread when a person with active TB disease in their lungs coughs or sneezes and someone else inhales the expelled droplets, which contain TB bacteria.

Detailed explanation-3: -This name, meaning ‘fungus-bacteria’ refers to shape of the bacillus when it grows in a laboratory: when seen through a microscope it forms heaps of small rods with protective layers around them, and thus looks like a fungus. The bacillus that is responsible for tuberculosis is called Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

Detailed explanation-4: -The major disease-causing groups are the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (tuberculosis), Mycobacterium avium complex (mycobacterium avium-intracellulare infection), M. leprae and M. lepromatosis (leprosy), and Mycobacterium abscessus (chronic lung infection).

Detailed explanation-5: -Mycobacterium arosiense. Mycobacterium arosiense ATCC BAA-1401 = DSM 45069. Mycobacterium avium. Mycobacterium avium 05-4293. Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare. Mycobacterium bouchedurhonense. Mycobacterium colombiense. Mycobacterium intracellulare. Mycobacterium lepraemurium. Mycobacterium mantenii. More items