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Diagnostics
Clinical features but not microbiology differs in young and elderly pulmonary TB patients
January 17th, 2006
Clinical features but not microbiology differs among young and elderly pulmonary tuberculosis patients. According to a recently published study from South Korea, "To identify differences in the clinical, radiologic, and microbiologic features of pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) in the young (<64 years) and elderly ({{>=}}65 years), we performed a retrospective analysis of the medical charts and chest radiographs of 207 young and 119 elderly pulmonary TB patients." "Hemoptysis and a febrile sense were more frequent in the young, whereas weakness, dyspnea, anorexia, and mental change were more frequent in the elderly. Elderly patients showed higher...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2006-01-17)
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