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Pulmonary Tuberculosis

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Pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) is a chronic granulomatous infection of the lung caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, transmitted by airborne droplet nuclei. It remains India's single biggest infectious-disease killer, and the NEET PG examiner mines it relentlessly for NTEP regimens, drug toxicities, and diagnostic cut-offs. The causative organism is Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Koch's bacillus, identified 1882), an

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