PedAM
Pediatric Disease Annotations & Medicines
| Disease | pulmonary tuberculosis |
| Phenotype | C0037116|silicosis |
| Sentences | 4 |
| PubMedID- 26557395 | A 50-year-old hiv-negative white male, previous smoker, with silicosis and a history of treated pulmonary tuberculosis developed a worsening of cough and expectoration pattern, and two sputum samples were positive for acid-fast bacilli. |
| 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- 20514987 | The risk of silicosis in workers with pulmonary tuberculosis was 2.57 folds as those without it (p < 0.01). |
| PubMedID- 25191460 | Additionally, risk of extrapulmonary tuberculosis in silicosis patients has reported to be 3.7 times higher than in healthy subjects (10). |
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