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Health: Tuberculosis

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List of terms for Tuberculosis

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Case-finding

Identifying people infected with tuberculosis (TB) — usually by microscopic examination of sputum from people with suspected TB, who have had a cough for longer than 3 weeks.

Compliance

See Adherence.

Culture

Tuberculosis in phlegm or other body fluids that is grown and identified.

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