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Also known as hydrothorax, Tuberculosis, TB, phthisis, phthisis pulmonalis, consumption, phtisis, phthosis pulmonalis

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Tuberculosis is a contagious disease caused by bacteria that usually affects the lungs, though it can spread to other parts of the body, and while most people infected show no symptoms, a small proportion develop active disease that can be fatal if untreated. It matters because active tuberculosis causes serious symptoms like chronic cough, fever, and weight loss, and without treatment can kill infected people.

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Key facts

Medical condition.name
Tuberculosis
Medical condition.image
Tuberculosis-x-ray-1.jpg
Medical condition.alt
Chest X-ray of a person with advanced tuberculosis
Medical condition.caption
Chest X-ray of a person with advanced tuberculosis: Infection in both lungs is marked by white arrowheads, and the formation of a cavity is marked by black arrows.
Medical condition.field
Infectious disease, pulmonology
Medical condition.synonyms
Phthisis, phthisis pulmonalis, consumption, white death, great white plague
Medical condition.symptoms
Chronic cough, fever, cough with bloody mucus, weight loss. Latent TB infection is asymptomatic
Medical condition.causes
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Medical condition.risks
Immunodeficiency
Medical condition.diagnosis
CXR, microbial culture, TB skin test, interferon gamma release assay
Medical condition.differential
Pneumonia, histoplasmosis, sarcoidosis, coccidioidomycosis
Medical condition.prevention
Screening those at high risk, treatment of those infected, vaccination with bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG)
Medical condition.treatment
Antibiotics
Medical condition.frequency
10.7 million new infections per year (2024)
Medical condition.deaths
1.23 million per year

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Research

318,611 papers

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