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XXXIV.e

XXXIV - Infections

Tuberculosis (pulmonary, pleural, extrapulmonary or disseminated). Reactivation or de novo)

Last update 17/06/2026

This includes classic presentations of pulmonary TB and miliary tuberculosis which can be severe or fatal. A search for extrapulmonary TB is indicated in all cases. Drug-associated TB can occur via reactivation of prior latent TB or it is newly acquired. TB can be pulmonary, thoracic, extrathoracic or disseminated. See also under XVIIf, XVIIh, XVIIi

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