Tuberculosis is an extremely infectious disease caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis. It's one of the top-10 causes of death worldwide.

Is bone TB dangerous?

If bone tuberculosis is not diagnosed and treated timely, it can cause severe complications and can also lead to death in some cases. The damage caused by bone tuberculosis is irreversible unless it is detected and treated early on with the right medications.

How does TB cause death?

Fungal infection, especially aspergilloma, is a common secondary infection of late sequelae of pulmonary tuberculosis. We investigated forty-two cases of aspergilloma as late sequelae of pulmonary tuberculosis, and of those 15 patients died. The causes of death were pneumonia and respiratory failure.