Pulmonary Tuberculosis def., causes, risks, pathology, types

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This is an approach to Pulmonary Tuberculosis (T.B) , regarding its definition, causative organism, risk factors, people at risk and pathological types .
What is Pulmonary Tuberculosis ?

Pulmonary tuberculosis is a chronic communicable disease caused by mycobacterium tuberculosis characterized by a necrotizing (caseating) granuloma as a tissue response to seeded organisms.
What is the causative organism in Pulmonary T.B?
Mycobacterium tuberculosis .
Types of mycobacteria

1-
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
, it causes most of cases of tuberculosis.
2-
Mycobacterium bovis
is endemic in cattle and spread to man through infected milk causing gastrointestinal tuberculosis.
3-
Atypical mycobacterium
(non tuberculous mycobacteria).
It leads to
+ve tuberculin test
.
It is common in immunopomromised patients, causing disseminated infection syndromes rather than tuberculosis in such patients.
ex. * M. Marinum * M. Kansasii
* M. Avium (important cause of pulmonary infection in patients with HIV).
Who are the people at risk for Pulmonary Tuberculosis ?
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• Those at high risk of acquiring T.B .
* Children * Contacts * Patients with silicosis
* Immunocompromised patients
* Living in overcrowding with poor housing
• Entry of the organism through respiratory tract through inhalation of infected droplets produced by the coughing or sneezing of infected individuals.
After entry into the lungs, tubercle bacilli are ingested by macrophages and transported to regional lymph nodes, then it may disseminate widely
.
Pathology of T.B
• The reaction of the body towards tubercle bacilli depends on the individual's hypensensitivty, resistance and whether those bacilli are first seen by the body or it is the second exposure so if :

Factors increasing the risk of tuberculosis:







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