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TUBERCULOSE LARYNGEE [2 records]

Record 1 2012-02-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Human Diseases
DEF

Transported or carried by the air: commonly used in reference to an infectious agent by particles, dust, or droplet nuclei suspended in the air.

CONT

Airborne infectious disease has made a strong comeback in the last two decades, and nosocomial infection is an overwhelming threat for healthcare facilities.

Key term(s)
  • air-borne

French

Domaine(s)
  • Maladies humaines
DEF

Transmis par dispersion de microparticules dans l’air.

CONT

Il est important de rappeler que la tuberculose se transmet [...] essentiellement par voie aérogène, par suite de la dispersion dans l'air de microparticules de 2 à 10 µ produites par le patient tuberculeux contagieux(c'est-à-dire atteint d’une tuberculose pulmonaire, bronchique ou laryngée) à l'occasion de la toux, de la parole, du rire et de l'éternuement.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Enfermedades humanas
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Record 2 1992-02-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Respiratory Tract
DEF

Laryngitis caused by infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis, still seen as a complication of pulmonary tuberculosis in the many parts of the world where the latter disease remains a major problem.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Voies respiratoires
CONT

La laryngite tuberculeuse est maintenant souvent révélatrice des lésions pulmonaires.

CONT

La tuberculose laryngée n’ est pratiquement jamais un foyer isolé. Elle est presque toujours secondaire ou au moins contemporaine d’une atteinte pulmonaire.

Spanish

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