Name of disease: TuberculosisName of causal agent: Mycobacterium tuberculosisMycobacterium tuberculosis is a facultative, aerobic, rod-shaped, nonmotile intracellular parasite. It can be found in water or soil. Hydrophobic tuberculosis bacterial cells possess a cell wall with high lipid content. This helps cells increase virulence, resist antibiotics, resist acidic or basic elements, and/or resist osmotic lysis. Nature of the disease: There are two categories of this disease, active and latent. Active pulmonary tuberculosis bacteria multiply rapidly, invade the lungs, and can spread via aerosol droplets through the mouth or nose. Patients with latent pulmonary tuberculosis (LTBI) who have the disease have no symptoms or positive test results and cannot spread the infection to others. There is a form of extrapulmonary tuberculosis that occurs outside the lungs. Miliary tuberculosis is a rare form of the active disease that occurs when bacteria enter the bloodstream and affect multiple organs at the same time. Initially, the bacterium causes the disease by ingestion of humans through spray droplets. Macrophages then consume the cells by phagocytosis. Due to the high lipid cell wall, it is able to withstand the harsh environment. It can survive and thrive in the patient and continue to cause disease. Signs and symptoms: A person infected with active tuberculosis may have any of the following symptoms. These include: fatigue, night sweats, cough, loss of appetite, fever, blood in sputum, or weight loss. However, a person with latent tuberculosis may have no symptoms or only an occasional cough. There are three ways a patient can be tested for tuberculosis. First, the tub... in the center of the card... contains rabies vaccine, wound care, and human rabies immunoglobulin. If taken early, treatment can stop the disease, but there is no cure once clinical systems appear. Word Count: 441 Works Cited Bauman, Robert W. Microbiology with Diseases by Body System. 3rd ed. Np: np, nd Print.Board, ADAM Editorial. Rocky Mountain spotted fever. United States National Library of Medicine, September 6, 2011. Web. June 12, 2014."Plague." Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Np, July 25, 2012. Web. June 13, 2014. Rupprecht, Charles E. Rhabdoviruses: Rabies Virus. U.S. National Library of Medicine, Jan. 17, 0096. Web. June 25, 2014. “Tetanus.” Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Np, 07 May 2012. Web. 12 June 2014."Tuberculosis." http://textbookofbacteriology.net/tuberculosis.html. Np, nd Web. June 11 2014.