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Pulmonary Tuberculosis
Pulmonology · Infectious & Parasitic
Severe
Severity
Common — India accounts for a substantial share of tuberculosis cases worldwide, though rates are declining under national control programmes
Prevalence
Yes
Contagious
Pulmonology
Specialist
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🔬Causes & Risk Factors
- 1Caused by infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacteria
- 2transmitted through inhalation of airborne droplets released by a person with active pulmonary disease. Close
- 3prolonged contact with an infectious individual
- 4particularly in crowded or poorly ventilated living conditions
- 5significantly increases transmission risk. Risk factors for progression from latent infection to active disease include HIV infection
- 6diabetes
- 7malnutrition
- 8smoking
- 9and other conditions that weaken the immune system.
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