Diseases

Tuberculosis

Any of the infectious diseases of HUMANS and other animals caused by species of MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

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Abstract

Any of the infectious diseases of HUMANS and other animals caused by species of MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS.

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Synonyms

8 entry terms
  • Koch's Disease
  • Kochs Disease
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection
  • Infection, Mycobacterium tuberculosis
  • Infections, Mycobacterium tuberculosis
  • Koch Disease
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infections
  • Tuberculoses

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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

general or unspecified; prefer specifics; if unspecified as just "tuberculosis", TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY is probably the correct heading but check text carefully; tuberculid: index under TUBERCULOSIS, CUTANEOUS;

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History Note

TUBERCULOSIS IMMUNITY was heading 1963-1966

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Tuberculosis. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D014376. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D014376
  2. Tuberculosis. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuberculosis
  3. Tuberculosis. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12204