Risk factors for the delayed diagnosis of extrapulmonary TB
| Autor: | Sang Won Park, J. H. Jeon, Jun Lee, Younghee Jung, Myung Jin Lee, Min Ki Lee, Eun Young Lee, J. Y. Chun, Yee Gyung Kwak, Chisook Moon, Wan Beom Park, Eun Sun Kim |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
| Předmět: |
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
medicine.medical_specialty Delayed Diagnosis Referral biology business.industry Extrapulmonary tuberculosis medicine.medical_treatment Immunosuppression Mycobacterium tuberculosis biology.organism_classification Delayed diagnosis Infectious Diseases medicine.anatomical_structure Risk Factors Internal medicine Republic of Korea medicine Outpatient clinic Humans Risk factor business Lymph node Retrospective Studies |
| Zdroj: | The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease. 25(3) |
| ISSN: | 1815-7920 |
| Popis: | BACKGROUND: Extrapulmonary TB (EPTB) is more difficult to diagnose than pulmonary TB. The delayed management of EPTB can lead to complications and increase the socio-economic burden.METHODS: Patients newly diagnosed with EPTB were retrospectively enrolled from 11 general hospitals in South Korea from January 2017 to December 2018. The basic characteristics of patients were described. Univariable and multivariable analyses were performed between early and delayed diagnosis groups to identify risk factors for delayed diagnosis and treatment in EPTB.RESULTS: In total, 594 patients were enrolled. Lymph node TB (28.3%) was the predominant form, followed by abdominal (18.4%) and disseminated TB (14.5%). Concurrent lung involvement was 17.8%. The positivity of diagnostic tests showed no significant difference between the two groups. Acute clinical manifestations in disseminated, pericardial and meningeal TB, and immunosuppression were associated with early diagnosis. Delayed diagnosis was associated with outpatient clinic visits, delayed sample acquisition and diagnostic departments other than infection or pulmonology.CONCLUSION: The delay in diagnosis and treatment of EPTB was not related to differences in microbiological characteristics of Mycobacterium tuberculosis itself; rather, it was due to the indolent clinical manifestations that cause referral to non-TB-specialised departments in the outpatient clinic and delay the suspicion of TB and diagnostic testing. |
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