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Caseous Lesion Definitions:

  1. A lesion resembling cheese or curd; cheesy. Most caseous lesions are caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

    Prescott's Microbiology 9th Edition by Joanne Willey, Linda Sherwood, Christopher J. Woolverton



  2. Necrotic area of lung tubercle superficially resembling cheese. Typical of tuberculosis.

    Foundations in Microbiology by Kathleen Park Talaro, Arthur Talaro



Caseous Lesion Notes:

Caseous lesion or necrosis is the lesion that is caused by Mycobacterium and these resemble curd or cheese. The tissue that becomes dead appears white and is a soft proteinaceous dead mass of cells.

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