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Silicotuberculosis
Tuberculosis caused by the infection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in patients with silicosis (that is caused by inhalation of silica dust particles). The risk of a patient with silicosis developing pulmonary tuberculosis and extra-pulmonary tuberculosis is higher than in healthy population.
This condition has no sub-types.