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Tuberculosis: association between silicosis and TB has been known for a long time, but more recent findings show that exposure to silica, without silicosis, may also predispose individuals to TB The increased risk of both pulmonary and extra-pulmonary TB is lifelong even if exposure ceases. the risk increases with severity of silicosis . acute and accelerated silicosis . Pulmonary TB rates can be extremely high in silica-exposed groups with high background population TB and HIV rates


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Please help WikiDoc by adding content here. It's easy! Click here to learn about editing. complications Tuberculosis: association between silicosis and TB has been known for a long time, but more recent findings show that exposure to silica, without silicosis, may also predispose individuals to TB The increased risk of both pulmonary and extra-pulmonary TB is lifelong even if exposure ceases. the risk increases with severity of silicosis . acute and accelerated silicosis . Pulmonary TB rates can be extremely high in silica-exposed groups with high background population TB and HIV rates


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