All of the following pertain to tuberculosis except
A. symptoms of active TB include low-grade fever, coughing, fatigue, weight loss, and night sweats.
B. live bacilli can remain dormant in the lungs and reactivate later in life.
C. antimicrobials cannot treat and cure tuberculosis.
D. lung infection can disseminate to many other organs in extrapulmonary TB.
E. the BCG vaccine is used in other countries.
Answer: C
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