What is Tuberculosis?
By Dr Ananya Mandal, MD
Tuberculosis (TB) is a dreaded bacterial infection. It has been known to mankind since ancient ages. It was commonly called “consumption” at the turn of the last century because of the way the disease seemed to “consume” the individual it affected.
Causes and spread of the infection
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