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Tuberculosis in Older People: A Retrospective and Comparative Study from Hong Kong by Chi C. Leung; Wing W. Yew; Chi K. Chan; Chi H. Chau; Cheuk M. Tam; Chak W. Lam; Wai O. Tam; Kam S. Lau; Wai T. Liu is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.
What is Tuberculosis in Older People: A Retrospective and Comparative Study from Hong Kong about?
**OBJECTIVES:** To compare tuberculosis (TB) in older and younger patients. **DESIGN:** A retrospective and comparative observational study. **SETTING:** Four chest clinics and two chest hospitals in Hong Kong. **PARTICIPANTS:** All notifications from the participating hospitals and clinics in 1996 were extracted from the TB notification registry. The characteristics of patients aged 65 and older were compared with a one‐in‐three random sampling of those aged 16 to 64. **MEASUREMENTS:** Demographic, clinical, radiological, and laboratory data of the two groups were compared alongside treatment and outcomes. **RESULTS:** Older people with TB were more likely to be male, to smoke, to have had TB previously, to have coexisting medical diseases, to be socioeconomically disadvantaged, and to weigh less than younger people with TB. Dyspnea, weight loss, and malaise were more common, whereas extrathoracic lymph node enlargement was less common. Chest radiograph showed more extensive disease and lower zone involvement. Positive tuberculin test was present in only 61.9%. Sputum bacteriology was more likely to be positive. There was a longer delay in presentation and commencement of treatmen
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- Author
- Chi C. Leung; Wing W. Yew; Chi K. Chan; Chi H. Chau; Cheuk M. Tam; Chak W. Lam; Wai O. Tam; Kam S. Lau; Wai T. Liu
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons; The American Geriatrics Society; Wiley (Blackwell Publishing); Blackwell Publishing Inc.; Wiley (ISSN 0002-8614)
- Published
- 2002
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Medicine (Health Sciences)