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MeSH Heading: Tuberculosis
Tree Number(s): C01.150.252.410.040.552.846
Unique ID: D014376
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014376
Annotation: general or unspecified; prefer specifics; if unspecified as just "tuberculosis", TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY is probably the correct heading but check text carefully; tuberculid: index under TUBERCULOSIS, CUTANEOUS;
Scope Note: Any of the infectious diseases of HUMANS and other animals caused by species of MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS.
Entry Term(s): Koch's Disease; Kochs Disease; Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection
See Also: Antitubercular Agents; Interferon-gamma Release Tests; Tuberculin Test
Public MeSH Note: TUBERCULOSIS IMMUNITY was heading 1963-1966
History Note: TUBERCULOSIS IMMUNITY was heading 1963-1966
Date Introduced: 1960/01/01
Last Updated: 2026/01/01

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

classification (CL)

complications (CO)

congenital (CN)

diagnosis (DI)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

diet therapy (DH)

drug therapy (DT)

economics (EC)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

epidemiology (EP)

ethnology (EH)

etiology (ET)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

radiotherapy (RT)

rehabilitation (RH)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

transmission (TM)

urine (UR)

veterinary (VE)

virology (VI)

Concept UI: M0022106
Scope Note: Any of the infectious diseases of HUMANS and other animals caused by species of MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS.
Terms: Tuberculosis Preferred Term
Term UI T042063
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID; Koch's Disease
Term UI T768326
Date03/31/2010
LexicalTag EPO
ThesaurusID NLM (2011); Kochs Disease
Term UI T768325
Date03/31/2010
LexicalTag EPO
ThesaurusID; Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection
Term UI T000908430
Date09/30/2016
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2018)

Tuberculosis MeSH Descriptor Data 2026