More often, the term is used to describe infection with atypical mycobacteria. fish tuberculosis see fish tuberculosis. Mycobacterium avium tuberculosis causes a significant disease only in birds. [medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com]

Failure to respond may be due to:- Failure to take the drugs Wrong diagnosis Drug resistant tuberculosis Side effects of anti tuberculous drugs Serious : Drug causing Action Jaundice (hepatitis) INH, Rifampisin, PZA Stop TB Drugs. [www0.sun.ac.za]

People with TB often have symptoms such as red, swollen eyes (which also creates a sensitivity to bright light), pale skin and coughing blood, suggesting the idea that the only way for the afflicted to replenish this loss of blood was by sucking blood [cs.mcgill.ca]

Female genital tuberculosis begins in the endosalpinx and can spread to the peritoneum, endometrium, ovaries, cervix, and vagina. 38 Patients present with pelvic pain, infertility, and vaginal bleeding. [aafp.org]

Verhagen et al demonstrated that large clusters of TB are associated with an increased number of tuberculin skin test–positive contacts, even after adjusting for other risk factors for transmission. [24] The number of positive contacts was significantly [emedicine.medscape.com]