Tuberculosis Insert Name Subject Date Institution  Introductions Tuberculosis, or TB, is an infectious ailment caused by bacteria known as Mycobacterium tuberculosis, which commonly affects the lungs (Siegenthaler, 2007). It is a communicable disease that spreads from an individual to another through discharge from the throat and lungs of persons infected with the active respiratory disease. In healthy people, infections with Mycobacterium tuberculosis often have no symptoms, since the immune systems of an individual keep off the bacteria. The signs of active TB are coughing, sometimes with mucous with blood, chest pains, weakness, weight loss, fever, and night sweats. Tuberculosis is a disease treatable with a six-month use of antibiotics. TB is a disease that can imitate different diseases. It has been affecting people for many years and the cadavers from 8th Century shows the evidence (WHO, 2010). In the 1900s, TB was the root cause of death in the United States. Robert Koch found the cause of Tuberculosis in 1882 as the bacteria Mycobacterium tuberculosis. The increased understanding of TB and public awareness on treatments like quarantine and drugs for treatment has seen a decrease of the disease in the developed countries. The Various Kinds of Tuberculosis (TB) There are different forms of TB; however the leading types are TB that are active or latent. Tuberculosis that is active occurs when the ailment is aggressively showing symptoms and it can spread to other in...