Mycobacterium Tuberculosis
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- Created on: 10-05-15 15:34
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- Mycobacterium Tuberculosis
- Bacterial infection
- Primary infection
- Causes inflammatory response
- Macrophage engulfs bacteria
- Granuloma forms
- Produced in response to infection
- Anaerobic
- Have dead bacteria and macrophage in the mdidle
- Tubercules
- M. tuberculosis bacteria can survive inside macrophage
- Have thick waxy cell walls that makes them difficult to break down
- Can lie dormant for years and is activated when immune system is weakened
- Breed inside macrophage
- Have thick waxy cell walls that makes them difficult to break down
- Granuloma forms
- Infected region heals after 3-8 weeks
- Macrophage engulfs bacteria
- Most happen during childhood
- Causes inflammatory response
- Secondary infection
- Active TB
- Symptoms
- coughing
- Shortness of breath
- loss of appetite
- weight loss
- fever
- increases temp
- thought to enhance immune response
- increases temp
- extreme fatigue
- Symptoms
- Affects those with weakened immune systems
- Destroys lung tissue which can lead to death
- Active TB
- Suppresses T Cells
- reduces antibody production and attacks by killer T cells
- Diagnosing
- skin test
- Looks for inflammatory response
- sputum coughed up is then analysed to see what bacteria are present
- Looks for inflammatory response
- Blood test
- looks for specific T cells
- Chest X-rays
- taken to detect damage and disease in lungs
- skin test
- caused by droplet infection
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