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Tuberculosis (/tjuːˌbɜːrkjuːˈloʊsɪs/ tew-BUR-kew-LOH-siss, .mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}also /ˌtjuːbər-/ TEW-bər-; TB), also known colloquially as the "white death", or historically as…
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| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuberculosis | Causes | Mycobacterium tuberculosis | 1.00 | infobox |
| Tuberculosis | Deaths | 1.23 million per year | 1.00 | infobox |
| Tuberculosis | Diagnostic method | CXR, microbial culture, TB skin test, interferon gamma release assay | 1.00 | infobox |
| Tuberculosis | Differential diagnosis | Pneumonia, histoplasmosis, sarcoidosis, coccidioidomycosis | 1.00 | infobox |
| Tuberculosis | Frequency | 10.7 million new infections per year (2024) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Tuberculosis | Other names | Phthisis, phthisis pulmonalis, consumption, white death, great white plague | 1.00 | infobox |
| Tuberculosis | Prevention | Screening those at high risk, treatment of those infected, vaccination with bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Tuberculosis | Risk factors | Immunodeficiency | 1.00 | infobox |
| Tuberculosis | Specialty | Infectious disease, pulmonology | 1.00 | infobox |
| Tuberculosis | Symptoms | Chronic cough, fever, cough with bloody mucus, weight loss. Latent TB infection is asymptomatic | 1.00 | infobox |
| Tuberculosis | Treatment | Antibiotics | 1.00 | infobox |
| Tuberculosis | is a | set of administrative | 0.90 | text |
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