作者
JN Lin, CH Lai, YH Chen, SSJ Lee, SS Tsai, CK Huang, HC Chung, SH Liang, HH Lin
发表日期
2009/5/1
期刊
The International journal of tuberculosis and lung disease
卷号
13
期号
5
页码范围
620-625
出版商
International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
简介
BACKGROUND
Tuberculosis (TB) continues to be a major global health problem. Extra-pulmonary TB (EPTB) manifests with protean symptoms, and establishing a diagnosis is more difficult than pulmonary TB (PTB).
SETTING
A university-affiliated hospital in southern Taiwan.
OBJECTIVE
To analyse the risk factors for EPTB compared with PTB.
DESIGN
This retrospective study compared patients with EPTB and PTB in southern Taiwan by analysing their demographic data and clinical underlying diseases. Risk factors for EPTB were further analysed.
RESULTS
A total of 766 TB patients were enrolled in this study, with 102 (13.3%) EPTB and 664 (86.7%) PTB cases. Of the 766 patients, 3% of PTB patients had EPTB, while 19.6% of EPTB patients also had PTB. The most frequently involved EPTB site was the bone and joints (24.5%). The incidence of EPTB vs. PTB decreased significantly for each decade increase in …
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