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Acid Tb Mycobacterium Features List Species Classic Symtpoms

Front Mycobacterium

What are (3) features?
List (4) species
What are the (4) classic symtpoms?
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Acid fast
Serpentine cord factor
Mycolic acid in cell membrane

M.tuberculosis - 1˚ TB | 2˚ TB
M.avium-intracellulareDisseminated non-TB
M.marinum - hand infection in aquarium workers
M.scrofulaceum - cervical lymphadenitis in kids



Symptoms
Fever
Weight loss
Night sweats
Hemoptysis

Tags: microbiology

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