Microbiology: A Systems Approach
Microbiology: A Systems Approach
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ISBN: 9781259706615
Author: Marjorie Kelly Cowan Professor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Tuberculosis is a disease caused due to infection by bacterium Mycobacterium. It causes infection inside the lungs. Macrophages engulf and digest these bacteria after activation of the immune response.

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