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Record 1 2025-10-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Bacterial Diseases
CONT

Latent tuberculosis is a clinical state in which a person has immunologic evidence of tuberculosis but lacks symptoms and signs of the disease. The immunologic evidence that makes the diagnosis is a positive tuberculin skin test or interferon gamma release assay.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Maladies bactériennes
CONT

L'ITL est la forme latente de l'infection, soit la présence de bacilles tuberculeux à l'intérieur de l'organisme sans manifestation de la maladie. La plupart du temps, elle se manifeste par une réaction au test cutané à la tuberculine (TCT) ou par un résultat positif au test de libération de l'interféron gamma (TLIG), 2 à 8 semaines après le contact.

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