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Mycobacterium tuberculae

• mycobacterium
• acid-fast aerobic bacillus
• cell wall contains complex lipids and glycolipids
• pathogenicity related to ability to survive within phagosomes

Disease

• Tuberculosis
• Pott's Disease
  • tuberculosis of spine

Vaccine

• Bacille Calmette-Guerin
  • large range of reported efficacy
  • ? due to local mycobacteria populations