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Active tuberculosis
DEFINITION
Symptomatic disease that occurs in someone infected with M. tuberculosis or other mycobacteria from M. tuberculosis complex. This term is broadly used but is outdated. The preferred term is ‘tuberculosis’.
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SOURCE DEFINITION
Illness in which TB bacteria are multiplying in different parts of the body. The symptoms of active TB disease include cough, weakness, weight loss, fever, loss of appetite and night sweats. A person with active TB disease may be infectious and spread TB to others
OTHER DEFINITIONS
Patient with current disease due to Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Disease that occurs in someone infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis. It is characterized by signs or symptoms of active disease, or both, and is distinct from latent tuberculosis infection, which occurs without signs or symptoms of active disease
Tuberculosis disease associated with symptoms or signs, including findings on physical examination
Tuberculosis disease accompanied by symptoms or other indications of disease activity (e.g., the ability to culture reproducing TB organisms from respiratory secretions or specific chest radiographic finding).
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