Answer to Question #193906 in Microbiology for Mhlanga Gracious

Question

n tabular form, compare the similarities and differences between Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Mycobacterium leprae in relation to morphology, transmission, pathogenesis, diagnosis and treatment: 

Answer 1

SIMILARITIES BETWEEN MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS AND MYCOBACTERIUM LAPRAE

• both are rod-shaped bacterium with parallel sides
• both are treated by use of appropriate antibiotics

DIFFERENCES BETWEEN MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS AND MYCOBACTERIUM LAPRAE