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How does tuberculosis lead to pneumonia?
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Immune deficiency: TB can present as rare pneumonia. High fever and productive cough. It occurs most often in extremely young children and the elderly, patients with immunosuppression, such as HIV-infected,AIDS patients.Usually caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis.TB is spread through the air from one person to another. usually with coughing by person with TB. Most infected people have immune system to prevent pna
Answered 7/4/2014
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