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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.
From: Breathe
Year: 2021
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TERM 1
Either microbiologic and/or radiographic evidence of pulmonary TB in an asymptomatic immunocompromised host
From: Scientific article (J Infect Dis.)
Year: 2011
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