Tuberculosis

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Signs and Symptoms


Patients may present without symptoms or in an extremely debilitated state. Symptom-free disease may be detected during routine screening. Symptoms may include malaise, weight loss, and night sweats. Most patients with TB have pulmonary disease; extrapulmonary disease usually is seen in immunocompromised patients.


TB in patients infected with HIV may present atypically. These patients have a higher risk for developing multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB) and miliary TB...Read the full article