This disease produces calcified scars called the Ghon complex at its initial site of infection.
This disease produces calcified scars called the Ghon complex at its initial site of infection. It causes Rasmussen's aneurysm, and it can spread to the neck in scrofula or to the spine in Pott's disease. Caused by a Gram-positive bacterium commonly treated with rifampin, it is targeted by the BCG vaccine. It causes necrotizing granulomas and is caused by a Mycobacterium infection. A test for this disease involves a PPD injected under the skin. Its symptoms include night sweats, bloody phlegm, and chronic cough. For 10 points, name this bacterial lung infection formerly known as consumption.
This disease produces calcified scars called the Ghon complex at its initial site of infection.
tuberculosis or MTB 