Special bacteria Flashcards

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Mycobacterium

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Characteristics
* Slow-growing, aerobic bacilli.
* Acid-fast in Ziehl-Neelsen stain.
* Cell wall with mycolic acid.

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Mycobacterium tuberculosis

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Epidemiology
* Natural habitat: animal and human pathogens.
* Transmission: inhalation of respiratory droplets

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