Myco Tubercles

she is stubborn

call her Fungy Tubercles for short

don’t be deceived though, she’s no fungi

she  disguises as a fungus in liquid media.

her love for high life took her to the lungs

where she could freely get drunk with oxygen

while she seduced  the alveolar macrophages

so much that he failed to attach the phagosome,

where she dwelt to the lysosome to destroy her.

Like any good seductress she destroys him

and the lysosome like any scorned wife

ruins the rest of the household...

there is fire on the mountain...

relatives (APC)from all around come in...

FBI  aka T-lymphocytes are alarmed and recruits

the CIA (macrophages) with the help INF-gamma

to help keep the culprit behind bars.

She is walled off, a giant cell is formed

Soon enough the fungy tubercles are suffocated

and once again the day is saved

thanks to the cell mediated immunity

Not too fast...

she lies in wake for any show of weakness from CMI

she waits and watches, growing real slow, not to alarm you

she grabs every opportunity to strike

and when she has her way she is as vicious as a serpent

so much that you are forced to cough her up

dripping in sweat and chills

To win the combat, you need a group of well trained martial artists,

the samurai; isoniazid, rifampin, ethambutol and pyrazinamide

to be continued