Tuberculosis

Preamble Through a cell-mediated hypersensitivity, the Mycobacterium tuberculous bacillus provokes in the host a chronic granulomatous infection of predominantly the lungs. It is estimated that half the entire world’s population is so infected with the tubercle bacillus, yet most cases of tuberculosis remain asymptomatic. Nonetheless, three million people each year is a toll too high … Continue reading Tuberculosis