 Latent Tuberculosis
"Latent Tuberculosis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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The dormant form of TUBERCULOSIS where the person shows no obvious symptoms and no sign of the causative agent (Mycobacterium tuberculosis) in the SPUTUM despite being positive for tuberculosis infection skin test.
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D055985
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C01.252.410.040.552.846.122
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| Concept/Terms |
Latent Tuberculosis- Latent Tuberculosis
- Latent Tuberculoses
- Tuberculoses, Latent
- Tuberculosis, Latent
- Latent Tuberculosis Infection
- Infection, Latent Tuberculosis
- Infections, Latent Tuberculosis
- Latent Tuberculosis Infections
- Tuberculosis Infection, Latent
- Tuberculosis Infections, Latent
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Gupta A, Mathad JS, Abdel-Rahman SM, Albano JD, Botgros R, Brown V, Browning RS, Dawson L, Dooley KE, Gnanashanmugam D, Grinsztejn B, Hernandez-Diaz S, Jean-Philippe P, Kim P, Lyerly AD, Mirochnick M, Mofenson LM, Montepiedra G, Piper J, Sahin L, Savic R, Smith B, Spiegel H, Swaminathan S, Watts DH, White A. Toward Earlier Inclusion of Pregnant and Postpartum Women in Tuberculosis Drug Trials: Consensus Statements From an International Expert Panel. Clin Infect Dis. 2016 Mar 15; 62(6):761-769.
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