Having tuberculosis carries a high risk of long-term medical complications
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Having tuberculosis carries a significant risk of long-term medical complications, including chronic pulmonary damage, structural respiratory impairment, secondary infections, and extrapulmonary sequelae.
Evidence for · 6
Tuberculosis of the spine
2010 · cited by 515
Paper 4 highlights that neurological deficits and severe spinal deformities are major long-term complications of spinal tuberculosis.
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Beyond Cure: A Scoping Review of Post-Tuberculosis Long-Term Health Outcomes.
2026 · cited by 0
Paper 5 demonstrates that tuberculosis survivors face significant long-term pulmonary, hepatic, auditory, and malignant health outcomes beyond microbiological cure.
Post-tuberculosis Health: A Holistic Perspective on Multisystem Sequelae and Long-Term Wellbeing.
2026 · cited by 0
Paper 6 notes that tuberculosis survivors frequently experience multisystem physical, cardiovascular, and neurological sequelae.
Secondary infections following tuberculosis: epidemiology, pathogenesis and clinical implications.
2026 · cited by 0
Paper 9 explains how residual structural lung damage and immune dysregulation create long-term risks for secondary infections and chronic pulmonary conditions following tuberculosis.
Comorbidity severity adjusted model for predicting mortality in hospitalized patients with COPD.
2026 · cited by 0
Paper 10 identifies the sequelae of tuberculosis as a key contributor to severe multimorbidity and high-risk health profiles in chronic conditions like COPD.
Disseminated Tuberculosis Presenting As Scrofuloderma and Tuberculous Meningitis With Ischemic Stroke in the Absence of a Pulmonary Disease.
2026 · cited by 0
Paper 11 documents severe central nervous system complications, such as tuberculous meningitis and ischemic stroke, resulting from disseminated tuberculosis.