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Pulmonary tuberculosis is a chronic infectious disease caused by invasion of Mycobacterium tuberculosis hominis or Mycobacterium tuberculosis bovis to the lungs. Accounting for about 90 % of human tuberculosis, pulmonary tuberculosis is the most common type. The Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) at the intrapulmonary lesions can spread along bronchi within the lungs and even pass through the pleura to cause tuberculous pleuritis. Otherwise, MTB disseminates along with blood and lymph flows to cause both intrapulmonary and extrapulmonary tuberculosis.
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Shi, Y., Zhang, W., Yuan, M., Zhou, X. (2015). Pulmonary Tuberculosis. In: Li, H. (eds) Radiology of Infectious Diseases: Volume 2. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9876-1_21
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