Experience of a monographic tuberculosis unit: the first 500 cases.

Autor: González-Moreno J; Servicio de Medicina Interna, Hospital Son Llàtzer, Palma, España. Electronic address: jgonzalez4@hsll.es., García-Gasalla M, Cifuentes Luna C, Mir Villadrich I, Pareja Bezares A, Navarro Fernández V, Serrano Bujalance A, Pérez Seco MC, Payeras Cifre A
Jazyk: English; Spanish; Castilian
Zdroj: Archivos de bronconeumologia [Arch Bronconeumol] 2013 Oct; Vol. 49 (10), pp. 421-6. Date of Electronic Publication: 2013 Jun 20.
DOI: 10.1016/j.arbres.2013.03.010
Abstrakt: Introduction: Tuberculosis (TB) remains a highly prevalent and potentially severe disease. However, since 2002 the annual incidence has been decreasing both worldwide and in Spain, where the incidence varies widely between regions. The main objective of this study is to describe the experience of a monographic TB unit in a second level hospital.
Patients and Methods: A descriptive study was carried out which included all cases of TB diagnosed in a monographic unit of a secondary hospital between 2003 and 2011. Demographic, clinical, epidemiological and microbiological data were recorded.
Results: We analyzed 500 TB cases and found an increasing annual incidence in all subgroups, including native and immigrant populations. Most cases (63.8%) were male, with a median age of 36 years (range 8 months-90 years). In total, 39.8% of patients were foreign born. Coinfection with human immunodeficiency virus was found in 11% of cases. The pulmonary form was most frequently diagnosed (63.8%). Overall mortality was 5.8% with no significant differences between groups (including foreign born and human immunodeficiency virus positive patients).
Conclusions: Although TB incidence is globally decreasing, in our study we found an increasing number of cases in recent years in all subgroups, which can be explained by this being a monographic unit with an intensive contact tracing program.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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