Mondo Description A bacterial infection that affects the lungs and is caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Most patients with tuberculosis do not have symptoms (latent tuberculosis) and are not contagious. When signs and symptoms occur (active tuberculosis), patients become contagious. The signs and symptoms include chronic cough with blood-tinged sputum, night sweats, fever, fatigue, and weight loss.

Disease Ontology Description A tuberculosis that is a contagious disease located_in lungs. The infection has_symptom fever, has_symptom cough, has_symptom difficulty in breathing, has_symptom inflammatory infiltrations, has_symptom formation of tubercles, has_symptom caseation, has_symptom pleural effusion, and has_symptom fibrosis.