Clinical Characteristics Differentiating Bacteriologically Positive Pulmonary Tuberculosis Patients from Negative Ones in Mongolia
| Autor: | Shigeki Koda, Hiroshi Ohara, Nobufumi Yasuda, Shagdarssurengiin Enkhbat, Makoto Toyota, G Tsogt |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 1998 |
| Předmět: |
Adult
Male medicine.medical_specialty Tuberculosis Epidemiology diagnosis Sensitivity and Specificity Diagnosis Differential Pulmonary tuberculosis Internal medicine medicine Humans Family history Tuberculosis Pulmonary Aged Aged 80 and over business.industry Sputum Sputum examination General Medicine Mongolia Middle Aged medicine.disease Surgery Radiography Logistic Models Cough Female Differential diagnosis medicine.symptom business pulmonary tuberculosis bacteriological positive |
| Zdroj: | Journal of epidemiology. 8(2):90-93 |
| ISSN: | 0917-5040 |
| Popis: | The objective of this study is to clarify clinical characteristics which differentiate bacteriologically positive pulmonary tuberculosis patients from negative ones in Mongolia. The subjects include 338 patients aged 16 years and older who had undergone bacteriological examinations. Of them, 107 patients (31.7%) were confirmed bacteriologically. The proportion of bacteriological positive results increased significantly among patients who had cavities in the roentgenographic examination, cough at diagnosis and the family history of tuberculosis. Addressing these clinical characteristics will contribute to raising not only the sensitivity of the sputum examination, but also the specificity of the roentgenographic examination in the diagnostic process of tuberculosis. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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