Which of the following options contain only respiratory diseases caused by bacteria?
Tuberculosis and Pneumonia
Pneumonia is a respiratory infection caused by bacterium The bacteria enter the air sacs and multiply. The air sacs may even get filled with fluid. High fever, chest pain, and chills are the symptoms of this disease. Pneumonia can be treated with an antibiotic - penicillin.
Tuberculosis is also a respiratory infection caused by a bacterium. The person suffers from a continuous cough, low fever, chest pain, and weight loss. Tuberculosis can be prevented by taking the BCG vaccine and treated by the antibiotic streptomycin.
Asthma is caused due to air pollutants and allergens.
Emphysema is caused by smoking or pollutants, in which the alveoli lose their elasticity and become inefficient in gas exchange.