SEARCHED TERM
Subclinical tuberculosis
DEFINITION
Tuberculosis detected by microbiologic investigation in the absence of self-reported tuberculosis-related symptoms with or without radiological abnormalities.
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SOURCE DEFINITION
“Disease”, due to viable Mtb bacteria, that does not cause clinical TB-related symptoms but causes different abnormalities that can be detected using existing radiological or microbiological assays.
OTHER DEFINITIONS
Either microbiologic and/or radiographic evidence of pulmonary TB in an asymptomatic immunocompromised host
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