Tuberculosis is a
potentially fatal contagious disease and is one of the foremost, infectiousdisease and one of leading cause of death in the world. About more than 1
million people die every year because of this disease.
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| Bone Tuberculosis |
The bacteria infects
predominantly lungs however it can affect any part of the body. It is been
known since ancient times that Mycobacterium tuberculosis is also responsible
for affecting bones and joints area. It is also called as tuberculosis
osteomyelitis or nontuberculous mycobacterial (NTM) skeletal infections.These
infections generally occur due to restoration and revival of infection when
mycobacterial gets harbored in the bone when pulmonary infection spreads and
reaches to non-pulmonary site i.e. bones during primary infection by mycobacteria.
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