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what happens inside the body when infected by tuberculosis


what happens inside the body when infected by tuberculosis?
i keep looking up sites, but i can't find the results
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Once the TB bacteria has been inhaled via a carriers saliva or mucus droplets the particles travel to the lungs where they can multiply and cause infection (typically pneumonia). The bacteria may then, if not resisted by the immune system through fibrosis (scar tissue), attempt to spread to other regions of the body but this bacteria grows quite slowly unfortunately it dies just as slowly as it spreads requiring months of antibiotics to ensure the infection remains dormant



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