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Coal worker's lungs - chest X-ray
Coal workers pneumoconiosis - stage II
Coal workers pneumoconiosis - stage II #2
Coal workers pneumoconiosis, complicated
Erythema multiforme, circular lesions - hands
Erythema nodosum associated with sarcoidosis
Sarcoid, stage II - chest X-ray
Tuberculosis in the kidney
Tuberculosis in the lung
Tuberculosis, advanced - chest X-rays
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
 
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Disseminated tuberculosis (infectious)

Alternative names:

miliary tuberculosis; tuberculosis - disseminated

Prevention:

Vaccination BCG for tuberculin-negative persons exposed to persons with untreated TB is given in some situations, but its effectiveness is under dispute.

Update Date: 02/09/00
Updated by: J. Gordon Lambert, MD, Associate Medical Director, Utah Health Informatics and adam.com editorial



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