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Contagious (infectious) tuberculosis patient
DEFINITION
A patient with pulmonary or laryngeal laboratory-confirmed tuberculosis who is able to spread infectious droplet nuclei containing viable M. tuberculosis while coughing, sneezing, talking or conducting any other respiratory maneuvers.
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SOURCE DEFINITION
A patient with pulmonary or laryngeal TB disease (confirmed or undetected) who is able to spread infectious droplet nuclei containing viable M. tuberculosis while coughing, sneezing, talking or conducting any other respiratory manoeuvres
From: WHO
Year: 2019
OTHER DEFINITIONS
TERM 1
TB disease of either the lungs or the throat that has been demonstrated to have caused transmission to other persons or the patient who has TB disease
From: CDC
Year: 2005
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