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Photos of the Disease
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This photomicrograph reveals Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacteria using acid-fast Ziehl-Neelsen stain; Magnified 1000X.
This photomicrograph reveals Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacteria using acid-fast Ziehl-Neelsen stain; Magnified 1000X.
Here a Lowenstein-Jensen plate culture has been inoculated with 15 strains of Mycobacteria spp..
A photomicrograph of Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacteria from a sputum specimen, and viewed with Ziehl-Neelsen stain.
Photomicrograph of a sputum sample containing Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
M. tuberculosis in a sputum smear is stained using fluorescent auramine with acridine orange counterstain; Mag.-950x.
At a magnification of 13172x, this scanning electron micrograph (SEM) depicted a number of Gram-positive Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacteria. As an obligate aerobic organism M. tuberculosis can only survive in an environment containing oxygen.
Images of People Affected by the Disease
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An anteroposterior X-ray of a patient diagnosed with advanced bilateral pulmonary tuberculosis.
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Content last reviewed on April 22, 2007
Content Source: National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases