Tuberculosis Photos
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Photos of the Disease
From the Public Health Image Library
This photomicrograph reveals Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacteria using acid-fast Ziehl-Neelsen stain; Magnified 1000X.
Source: PHIL Photo ID#5790
This photomicrograph reveals Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacteria using acid-fast Ziehl-Neelsen stain; Magnified 1000X.
Source: PHIL Photo ID#4427
Here a Lowenstein-Jensen plate culture has been inoculated with 15 strains of Mycobacteria spp..
Source: PHIL Photo ID#2904
A photomicrograph of Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacteria from a sputum specimen, and viewed with Ziehl-Neelsen stain.
Source: PHIL Photo ID#2127
Photomicrograph of a sputum sample containing Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
Source: PHIL Photo ID#2128
M. tuberculosis in a sputum smear is stained using fluorescent auramine with acridine orange counterstain; Mag.-950x.
Source: PHIL Photo ID#6468
At a magnification of 13172x, this scanning electron micrograph (SEM) depicted a number of Gram-positive Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacteria.
Source: PHIL Photo ID#8436
Images of People Affected by the Disease
From the Public Health Image Library
An anteroposterior X-ray of a patient diagnosed with advanced bilateral pulmonary tuberculosis.
Source: PHIL Photo ID#2543