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Infectious tuberculosis
DEFINITION
Tuberculosis that is transmissible to others, i.e.contagious, usually determined by a bacteriologically positive sputum or other respiratory sample.
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SOURCE DEFINITION
Active tuberculosis transmissible to others,i.e.contagious,usually determined by a positive sputum smear in case of pulmonary or laryngeal disease.
OTHER DEFINITIONS
Active tuberculosis of the respiratory tract (pulmonary or laryngeal TB) that is transmissible to others, i.e. contagious, determined by positive sputum smear and culture
All cases of respiratory (pulmonary or laryngeal) TB which are sputum smear-positive and culture-positive (if culture is available)
TB disease which is communicable as determined by the bacteriologic examination of body secretions (sputa)
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