Evaluation of 90 older patients with lung tuberculosis admitted to the Hospital 71
- Author:
Tien Trong Doan
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
lung tuberculosis
- MeSH:
Tuberculosis;
X-Rays;
Lung;
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary
- From:Journal of Practical Medicine
2002;435(11):30-34
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
The study was conducted on 90 cases of lung tuberculosis aiming to investigate the relationship between level of tuberculosis lesions on standard X-ray imaging with sputum directive BK test. Characteristics of clinico-pathological tuberculosis in elderly found in this study were some similar to that in other previous studies, but the progress of clinical symptoms was not aggressive. Lesions on the X-ray imaging mainly are large and moderate areas, with chronic characteristic. Co-morbidities are multiple and have high ability to cause complications
