Diseases

Pulmonary Tuberculosis

MYCOBACTERIUM infections of the lung.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

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Abstract

MYCOBACTERIUM infections of the lung.

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Synonyms

11 entry terms
  • Pulmonary Consumption
  • Pulmonary Phthisis
  • Pulmonary Tuberculoses
  • Tuberculoses, Pulmonary
  • Tuberculosis, Pulmonary
  • Consumption, Pulmonary
  • Consumptions, Pulmonary
  • Phthises, Pulmonary
  • Phthisis, Pulmonary
  • Pulmonary Consumptions
  • Pulmonary Phthises

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36 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, transmission, urine, veterinary, virology.

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Indexing Annotation

tuberculosis unspecified probably goes here, check text; atypical mycobacterial infections of the lung = TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY + MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, NONTUBERCULOUS (IM); in historical literature "phthisis" probably goes here; for "phthisic" consider ASTHMA

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History Note

TUBERCULOSIS IN CHILDHOOD was heading 1963-89

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Pulmonary Tuberculosis. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D014397. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D014397
  2. Pulmonary Tuberculosis. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q13046587