ReviewEuropean respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society2024
Silicotuberculosis: a critical narrative review.
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- Iron, Tuberculosis, and Particle-Related Exposures Including Smoking.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Silicosis, Sarcoidosis, and Silicosarcoidosis Are Overlapping Diagnoses and Difficult to Differentiate.American journal of industrial medicine · 2026Article
- Silicosis Diagnosed Using Transbronchial Lung Biopsy: The Pivotal Role of Occupational History.Clinical case reports · 2026Article
- Advanced accelerated silicosis misdiagnosed as tuberculosis in a 24-year-old gold miner: A case report.Respiratory medicine case reports · 2026Article
- A 30-year-old male with innumerable millimetric pulmonary nodules: tunnelling thoughts.Respiratory medicine case reports · 2026Article
- The Case for Local AI Development: Lessons From Computer‑Aided Detection of Tuberculosis and Silicosis in Southern Africa's Ex‑Miners.Annals of global health · 2026Article
- Smear-Negative Pulmonary Tuberculosis with Cavitary Disease in a Young Immigrant Patient: A Diagnostic Challenge.Cureus · 2025Article
- Determining Thresholds for Computer-Aided Detection for Silicosis-An Analytic Approach.American journal of industrial medicine · 2025Article
- TMEM175 activity in BK-deficient macrophages maintains lysosomal function and mediates silica-induced inflammatory response in macrophages.Inhalation toxicology · 2025Article
- Silicosis in Zambian ex-copper miners: A cross-sectional study.African journal of thoracic and critical care medicine · 2025Article
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Abstract
Silicotuberculosis, the combination of silicosis and pulmonary tuberculosis (TB), remains a substantial clinical and public health problem in high TB burden countries with silica-exposed workforces. The objectives of this narrative review are to propose a definition of silicotuberculosis which includes post-tuberculous lung disease, to emphasise the importance of understanding how the two diseases modify each other, and to identify as yet unanswered questions relevant to clinical practice and disease control and mitigation. The unique aetiological relationship between silica exposure and TB is now firmly established, as is the accelerated impairment and mortality imposed by TB on individuals with silicosis. However, the rich clinical, pathology and laboratory literature on combined disease from the pre-TB treatment era appears to have been largely forgotten. The close clinical and pathological appearance of the two diseases continues to pose a challenge to imaging, diagnosis and pathological description, while inconsistent evidence regarding TB treatment and TB preventive treatment prevails. Many other topics raise questions to be answered,
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