| Autor: |
García Silvera E; Hospital Neumológico Benéfico Juridico. ebertog@informed.sld.cu, Yera Pérez DM, Valdés Díaz S, Hernández Hernández M, Rives Rodríiguez R |
| Jazyk: |
Spanish; Castilian |
| Zdroj: |
Revista cubana de medicina tropical [Rev Cubana Med Trop] 2006 Sep-Dec; Vol. 58 (3), pp. 190-3. |
| Abstrakt: |
A retrospective and descriptive study was conducted on patients diagnosed with extrapul-monary tuberculosis and discharged from "Benéfico Juridico" neumological hospital in the 1999-2003 period. The objective was to describe the perfor-mance of this disease. As a result, it was find out that of a total number of 353 diagnosed patients, 14% had extrapulmonary tuberculosis, 58% of these patients were in the 35-54 years age group, being the average age 39 years. The most frequent clinical manifestation was pleural (81%) followed by ganglionic tuberculosis (15%). Sixty one percent of cases were diagnosed based on clinical indications. Only 8% of patients were diagnosed by isolation of tuberculosis bacillus in a Lowestein-Jensen culture. |
| Databáze: |
MEDLINE |
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