Communicable diseases
Tuberculosis
MYCOBACTERIAL DISEASES
Obligate aerobe acid-fast rods TUBERCULOSIS OVERVIEW, CAUSE, AND PATHOGENESIS Tuberculosis, MTB, or TB (short for tubercle bacillus) common, and in many.
Phagocytosis
Data are as reported to WHO. Estimates of TB and MDR-TB burden are produced by WHO in consultation with countries. * Ranges represent uncertainty intervals.
