PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS

• Tuberculosis (TB) is a infectious disease caused by a bacteria – Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

• It is transmitted by airborne droplets produced by people with pulmonary TB while coughing,
sneezing or even talking.
• Pulmonary TB accounts about 80 – 90 % cases. However TB can also infects other body parts.
• Cough for 2 – 3 weeks, fever, loss of weight, loss of appetite and weakness are common
symptoms of tuberculosis.

DISSEMINATION OF TUBERCULOSIS
Expulsion Droplets remain
suspended in air for
Droplets containing an hour or two
M. tuberculosis coughed
or sneezed into air

Sterilized by sunlight and

or dispersed by winds

Infectious mycobacterium preserved in

darkness and moisture from hours to months

Pulmonary Tuberculosis: Extra pulmonary Tuberculosis Secondary dissemination to other organs

Extensive cavitary disease

Multiple cavities in both lungs with
erosion into bronchi plus caseous
pneumonitis and fibrosis throughout.
One cavity in right lung contains an
eroded aneurysmal
blood vessel
(Rasmussen)
which is
common cause
of hemorrhage.
Pleura also
involved.
RMS/OTHR/Q1-0308/01

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