eRAM
encyclopedia of Rare Disease Annotation for Precision Medicine
| Disease | silicosis |
| Comorbidity | C0041296|tuberculosis |
| Sentences | 6 |
| PubMedID- 26175823 | Prevalence of pulmonary tuberculosis in silicosis is more common when compared to prevalence in general population, hence all should use prophylactic measures intensification of work place. |
| PubMedID- 20465964 | [clinical analysis of 30 cases of silicosis combined with lung tuberculosis and lung fungal infection]. |
| PubMedID- 20931041 | The diagnosis of active tuberculosis in patient with silicosis demands high degree of clinical suspicion. |
| PubMedID- 21980669 | The risk of a patient with silicosis developing tuberculosis is higher (2.8 to 39 fold higher, depending on the severity of silicosis) than that found in healthy controls. |
| PubMedID- 21828370 | The presence of tuberculosis (tb) in patients with silicosis increases mortality risk. |
| PubMedID- 20514987 | The risk of silicosis in workers with pulmonary tuberculosis was 2.57 folds as those without it (p < 0.01). |
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