What is tuberculosis?

Basvanthaps
(2003) said tuberculosis is an infectious disease caused by mycobacterium
tuberculosis which can affect anyone. He also said that is usually involves in
the lungs, also it occurs in the kidney and bones.
Comball
(2000) defined tuberculosis as a life threatening disease which normally affect
the lungs but can involves almost all the part of the body.

Okereke
(2003) says tuberculosis is a dangerous infectious disease that has a rod
shaped acid fest bacilli (AFB) called mycobacterium tuberculosis. It was discovered
by Dr. Robert Koch, hence it is referred to a Koch disease.
Reginald
(2003) state that tuberculosis is a serious infectious disease which affects
different organ of the body especially the lungs it also affect the bones,
glands and joints.
Sandal
(2007), states that tuberculosis as a highly infectious disease that usually
involved the lungs, but also affect the various organs of the body such as
brain, kidney and lymph nodes.
Werner
(1995) says that tuberculosis is a chronic contagious disease that anyone can
get but it most often affect persons at the age of 15 and 35 years, those who
are weak poorly nourished to live with someone that has the disease.
Tambe
(2010), state that tuberculosis is an infectious disease usually caused by
bacterium called mycobacterium tuberculosis or rarely by other species of
bacterium.
According
to David (1993) tuberculosis of the lungs is a chronic, contagious disease that
anyone can get, but it most often strike person between 15 and 42 years of age
especially those who are weak, poorly nourished or lives someone who has the
disease.
Ewuzie
(2005) defines tuberculosis as a chronic recurrent modifiable infection, most
commonly occurring in the lungs caused by mycobacterium tuberculosis,
transmission is usually by inhalation of bacilli in air borne droplets.
WHO
(2013) remarked that tuberculosis is an infectious bacterial disease caused by
mycobacterium tuberculosis, which most commonly affects the lungs. It is
transmitted from person to person via droplets from the throat and lungs of
people with the active respiratory disease.
The Department
of Health New York (2013) commented that tuberculosis is a bacterial disease
usually affecting the lungs (Pulmonary tuberculosis). Other parts of the body
can also be affected, for example lymph node kidneys bones and joint etc.
Approximately 1,300 causes are reported each year in New York states.
Centre
for Disease Control and Prevention (2013) observed that tuberculosis is a
disease caused by a bacterium called mycobacterium tuberculosis. They further
explained that the bacterial usually attacks the lungs, but can affect any part
of the body such as the lungs, kidneys, spine and brain. They also stated that
if the disease is not properly treated, that it can be fatal.
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