if you wish to believe that one must “inhale” it, go right ahead. There are many ways for any organism to reach your respiratory tract/lungs.....they are discussed widely every fall as the “cold season” approaches.
You CAN inhale it and come down with an active case of TB.....that much is true......but it’s not much of the whole truth.
Don't shoot the messenger, pard. That's what all the docs are saying. They've got MDs and I don't :)
More on the patient, who's a lawyer, from this link