Tuberculosis is a contagious bacterial disease that starts in the
lungs, but may spread to other organs. Tuberculosis may develop
after inhaling infected droplets sprayed into the air from a cough
or sneeze of someone infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
Review Date: 12/22/2010
Reviewed By: Harvey Simon, MD, Editor-in-Chief, Associate Professor of Medicine,
Harvard Medical School; Physician, Massachusetts General Hospital.
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