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Tuberculosis
Studies from Y. Kobashi et al further understanding of tuberculosis
July 1st, 2008
"An aging population, increased use of immunosuppressive therapy and an increase in patients with risk factors for tuberculosis have induced changes in the clinical features of pulmonary tuberculosis in Japan. To investigate transitional changes in the clinical features of recent patients with pulmonary tuberculosis," investigators in Kurashiki, Japan report. "This study analyzed 820 patients with pulmonary tuberculosis who were culture positive for Mycobacterium tuberculosis in the Kawasaki Medical School Hospital and ten associated community hospitals between January 1986 and December 2005 (406 patients between January 1986 and December 1995 and 414 patients between...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2008-07-01)
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