Summary

DescriptionTB in sputum.png	English: Photomicrograph of a sputum sample containing Mycobacterium tuberculosis. M. tuberculosis bacteria can attack any part of the body, but usually the lungs causing Tuberculosis. It is spread when infected individuals cough or sneeze, releasing microdroplets into the air that contain the bacteria, which others then inhale. Italiano: Mycobacterium tuberculosis (colorato di rosso) nell'espettorato.
Date	1979
Source	This media comes from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Public Health Image Library (PHIL), with identification number #2128. Note: Not all PHIL images are public domain; be sure to check copyright status and credit authors and content providers. العربية | Deutsch | English | македонски | slovenščina | +/−
Author	Photo Credit: Content Providers(s): CDC The original uploader was TimVickers at English Wikipedia.
Permission (Reusing this file)	PD-USGov-HHS-CDC English: None - This image is in the public domain and thus free of any copyright restrictions. As a matter of courtesy we request that the content provider be credited and notified in any public or private usage of this image.

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Original upload log

• 2007-12-09 01:33 Bawolff 449×440×8 (347373 bytes) Transparency (just quickly added, better then no transparency)
• 2006-10-27 02:46 TimVickers 449×440×8 (363902 bytes) Tuberculosis in sputum, CDC, Public Health Image Library (PHIL), http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/home.asp
• 2006-10-27 02:44 TimVickers 449×440×8 (406322 bytes) CDC, Public Health Image Library (PHIL), http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/home.asp