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Respiratory Bacterial Infections - Pathology (view source)
Revision as of 11:08, 14 May 2010
, 11:08, 14 May 2010→Tuberculosis
[[Image:Tuberculosis M bovis.jpg|right|thumb|100px|<small><center>Tuberculosis caused by ''M. bovis'' (Image sourced from Bristol Biomed Image Archive with permission)</center></small>]]
[[Image:Tuberculosis M bovis.jpg|right|thumb|100px|<small><center>Tuberculosis caused by ''M. bovis'' (Image sourced from Bristol Biomed Image Archive with permission)</center></small>]]
*Caused by ''[[Mycobacteruim bovis]]'' and ''M. tuberculosis''
*Caused by ''[[Mycobacterium bovis]]'' and ''M. tuberculosis''
*Reside primarily within macrophages where they multiply and result in characteristic [[Lungs Inflammatory - Pathology#Granulomatous pneumonia|granulomatous inflammation]] (macrophages and giant cells, epithelioid cells)
*Reside primarily within macrophages where they multiply and result in characteristic [[Lungs Inflammatory - Pathology#Granulomatous pneumonia|granulomatous inflammation]] (macrophages and giant cells, epithelioid cells)
*Cattle can be infected by inhalation of the organism or through milk
*Cattle can be infected by inhalation of the organism or through milk