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Tuberculosis (medical condition): Tuberculosis (TB) is a bacteria that usually causes disease in the lung. Many people become symptom-free carriers of ...more
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»Introduction: Tuberculosis
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Tuberculosis: infection transmitted by inhalation or ingestion of tubercle bacilli and manifested in fever and small lesions (usually in the lungs but in various other parts of the body in acute stages).
Source: WordNet 2.1
Tuberculosis: A species of gram-positive, aerobic bacteria that produces TUBERCULOSIS in humans, other primates, CATTLE; DOGS; and some other animals which have contact with humans. Growth tends to be in serpentine, cordlike masses in which the bacilli show a parallel orientation.
Source: Diseases Database
Tuberculosis: infectious diseases of man and animals caused by Mycobacterium species and characterized by formation of tubercles and caseous necrosis in the tissues; any organ may be affected but in man the lung is the major seat of the disease and the usual portal through which the infection reaches other organs.
Source: CRISP
Tuberculosis: Any of the infectious diseases of man and other animals caused by species of MYCOBACTERIUM.
Source: MeSH 2007
These medical condition or symptom topics may be relevant to medical information for Tuberculosis:
Tuberculosis is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of
Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH). This means that Tuberculosis, or a subtype of Tuberculosis,
affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Ophanet, a consortium of European partners,
currently defines a condition rare when if affects 1 person per 2,000.
They list Tuberculosis as a "rare disease".
Source - Orphanet
Tuberculosis (medical condition): See Tuberculosis (disease information).
»Introduction: Tuberculosis
»Symptoms of Tuberculosis
»Causes of Tuberculosis
»Treatments for Tuberculosis
Tuberculosis: Tuberculosis is listed as a type of (or associated with) the following medical conditions in our database:
Tuberculosis (TB), a chronic bacterial infection, causes more deaths worldwide than any other... (Source: excerpt from Tuberculosis, NIAID Fact Sheet: NIAID)
TB, or tuberculosis, is a disease caused by bacteria called Mycobacterium tuberculosis. The bacteria can attack any part... (Source: excerpt from Tuberculosis: NWHIC)
Tuberculosis (TB), a chronic bacterial infection, causes more deaths worldwide than any other infectious disease. TB is spread ... (Source: excerpt from Tuberculosis, NIAID Fact Sheet: NIAID)
TB, or tuberculosis, is a disease caused by bacteria called Mycobacterium tuberculosis. The bacteria can attack any... (Source: excerpt from Tuberculosis: NWHIC)
These medical disease topics may be related to Tuberculosis:
Source: Diseases Database
Source - NIH
Source - WordNet 2.1
Source - MeSH 2007
Source - MeSH 2007
Source - WordNet 2.1
Source - MeSH 2007
Source - CRISP
Source - WordNet 2.1
Source: CRISP
The following list attempts to classify Tuberculosis into categories where each line is subset of the next.
Source: WordNet 2.1
Source: Diseases Database
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