Infectious diseases

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Tuberculosis

4. No toxin production. Pathogenicty is by invasiveness that produce characteristic lesions in the lungs.

5. Epidemiology: pathogen triggers acute inflammatory response + forms tubercle – giant cells containing MTB and surrounded by epithelial cells. Tubercles heals by fibrosis and calcification. Can desseminate via bloodstream to other internal organs