silicotuberculosis
MONDO:0021804Mondo
Findings
No curated finding names silicotuberculosis yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
Tuberculosis caused by the infection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in patients with silicosis (that is caused by inhalation of silica dust particles). The risk of a patient with silicosis developing pulmonary tuberculosis and extra-pulmonary tuberculosis is higher than in healthy population.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0021804), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Where it sits
Other names
1 name
Resolves to: silicotuberculosis
- Also called
- silicotuberculoses