TOPICS: Mycobacterium Tuberculosis, mycolic acid, acid-fast, bacilli, carbol fuchsin, Lowenstein-Jesen medium, aerosolized droplets, alveolar macrophages, intracellularly, serpentine cord, sulfatide, PPD test, purified protein derivative, BCG vaccine, interferon gamma assay, IGRA, Ghon complex, primary TB, latent TB, granuloma, TNF alpha inhibitors, secondary TB, night sweats, hemoptysis, miliary TB, Pott disease, RIPE therapy, rifampin, isoniazid, pyrazinamide, ethambutol