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Descriptor English: Latent Tuberculosis
Descriptor Spanish: Tuberculosis Latente
Descriptor tuberculosis latente
Entry term(s) infección tuberculosa latente
Scope note: Forma latente de TUBERCULOSIS en la que el paciente no presenta síntomas obvios ni hay signos de la presencia del agente causal (Mycobacterium tuberculosis) en el ESPUTO pese a ser positivas las pruebas cutáneas.
Descriptor Portuguese: Tuberculose Latente
Descriptor French: Tuberculose latente
Entry term(s): Infection, Latent Tuberculosis
Infections, Latent Tuberculosis
Latent Tuberculoses
Latent Tuberculosis Infection
Latent Tuberculosis Infections
Tuberculoses, Latent
Tuberculosis Infection, Latent
Tuberculosis Infections, Latent
Tuberculosis, Latent
Tree number(s): C01.150.252.410.040.552.846.122
C01.550.500
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D055985
Scope note: 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.
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced
CL classification
CN congenital
CO complications
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
EM embryology
EN enzymology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
RT radiotherapy
SU surgery
TH therapy
TM transmission
UR urine
VE veterinary
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Tuberculosis (1950-2009)
Public MeSH Note: 2010
History Note: 2010
DeCS ID: 53483
Unique ID: D055985
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Date Established: 2010/01/01
Date of Entry: 2009/07/06
Latent Tuberculosis - Preferred
Concept UI M0524639
Scope note 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.
Preferred term Latent Tuberculosis
Entry term(s) Infection, Latent Tuberculosis
Infections, Latent Tuberculosis
Latent Tuberculoses
Latent Tuberculosis Infection
Latent Tuberculosis Infections
Tuberculoses, Latent
Tuberculosis Infection, Latent
Tuberculosis Infections, Latent
Tuberculosis, Latent



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