Mycobacterial infection of the lungs

This is a pulmonary infectious disease caused by mycobacteria. Infection manifests with chronic cough, weight loss, and fever. It usually infects patients with other lung diseases, smokers, alcoholics, and those infected with HIV.

Source | Author Doctor Nikas Samuolis, reviewed by Prof. Virginijus Šapoka | Vilnius University | Faculty of Medicine | Head of the Department of Internal Medicine, Family Medicine, and Oncology