Pathology
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Release Date: 2022-03-03
Tuberculosis pathology encompasses the structural and functional changes induced in tissues by Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection. In pulmonary tuberculosis, the primary site of infection is the lungs, where the bacteria cause the formation of granulomas—nodular inflammatory lesions aimed at containing the infection. These granulomas can progress to caseous necrosis, where tissue becomes cheese-like in consistency, eventually [...]