Mycobacterium tuberculosis is particularly damaging to the lungs because of the:
a. healing of a tubercle.
b. formation of micropulmonary emboli.
c. increased mucus production.
d. irreversible bronchospasm that it causes.
A
As the lung undergoes the healing process, tissue fibrosis and calcification occur in each of the tubercle sites. This results in lung retraction and scarring and the distortion of bronchi.
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