TUBERCULOSIS IN ELDERLY PERSONS

被引：48

作者：

STEAD, WW

DUTT, AK

机构：

[1] UNIV ARKANSAS MED SCI HOSP,DEPT MED,LITTLE ROCK,AR 72205

[2] ALVIN C YORK VET ADM HOSP,MED SERV,MURFREESBORO,TN 37130

[3] MEHARRY SCH MED,DEPT MED,NASHVILLE,TN

来源：

ANNUAL REVIEW OF MEDICINE | 1991年 / 42卷

关键词：

NURSING HOMES; TUBERCULIN SKIN TEST; NOSOCOMIAL INFECTION;

D O I：

10.1146/annurev.me.42.020191.001411

中图分类号：

R-3 [医学研究方法]; R3 [基础医学];

学科分类号：

1001 ;

摘要：

As tuberculosis has been controlled in the western world, it has retreated into enclaves. The largest of these is among persons who are now over age 65, many of whom carry tubercle bacilli in dormant lesions implanted in earlier years and still capable of causing tuberculosis as life forces wane. The diagnosis is all too often not thought of in this age group; as a result, a patient with what was thought to be an episode of bronchitis or bronchopneumonia may die after having exposed a number of young health workers to tuberculosis in a country where it should have been eliminated several years ago. The purpose of this paper is to heighten the index of suspicion of tuberculosis among physicians caring for the elderly.

引用

页码：267 / 276

页数：10

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