pulmonary tuberculosis
Findings
No curated finding names pulmonary tuberculosis yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
A bacterial infection that affects the lungs and is caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Most patients with tuberculosis do not have symptoms (latent tuberculosis) and are not contagious. When signs and symptoms occur (active tuberculosis), patients become contagious. The signs and symptoms include chronic cough with blood-tinged sputum, night sweats, fever, fatigue, and weight loss.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0006052), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Features
1 feature
What the disease is reported to present with, and how often among people who have it — never how often a feature means the disease. HPO, hp/releases/2026-09-01.
- Pleural effusionMondoHP:0002202
Where it sits
Other names
3 names
Resolves to: pulmonary tuberculosis
- Also called
- lung TBlung tuberculosispulmonary TB