Características de la tuberculosis en pacientes mayores de 65 años en el área sanitaria de Cádiz (España)

Background : Tuberculosis in the elderly is an increasing public health problem. Aim: To describe the epidemiological, clinical and microbiological characteristics of tuberculosis in patients over 65 years old, as compared to younger patients. Material and methods: We reviewed the case histories of...

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Autores principales:	López-Pelayo,Irache, García-Martos,Pedro, Saldarreaga,Abel, Montes de Oca,Montserrat, Moreno,Isabel, González-Moya,Enrique
Lenguaje:	Spanish / Castilian
Publicado:	Sociedad Médica de Santiago 2004
Materias:	Aged Epidemiologic studies Tuberculosis
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spelling	oai:scielo:S0034-988720040003000072004-12-13Características de la tuberculosis en pacientes mayores de 65 años en el área sanitaria de Cádiz (España)López-Pelayo,IracheGarcía-Martos,PedroSaldarreaga,AbelMontes de Oca,MontserratMoreno,IsabelGonzález-Moya,Enrique Aged Epidemiologic studies Tuberculosis Background : Tuberculosis in the elderly is an increasing public health problem. Aim: To describe the epidemiological, clinical and microbiological characteristics of tuberculosis in patients over 65 years old, as compared to younger patients. Material and methods: We reviewed the case histories of tuberculosis, microbiologically diagnosed by Ziehl-Neelsen/auramine smear and Löwenstein-Jensen culture, in patients over 65 years old, in the sanitary area of Cadiz (Spain). Results: We detected 49 new cases (37 males) of tuberculosis in elderly subjects. The infection rate in this age group (16.3/100.000 inhabitants) is lower than in people younger than 65 years old (21.1/100.000 inhabitants). The most common symptoms were cough (44.9%), fever (40.8%) and dyspnea (44.9%). Neither of them were infected by the human immunodeficiency virus nor were parenteral drug abusers. Thirty seven percent of cases had a history of previous tuberculosis, and in 75.5% the disease location was pulmonary. The Ziehl-Neelsen/auramine smear was negative in 53.1% of the samples. Conclusions: The number of patients older than 65 years old with tuberculosis has increased in the sanitary area of Cadiz (Spain). This group of patients shows different epidemiological and clinical characteristics than younger patients (Rev Méd Chile 2004; 132: 325-30).info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessSociedad Médica de SantiagoRevista médica de Chile v.132 n.3 20042004-03-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-98872004000300007es10.4067/S0034-98872004000300007
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language	Spanish / Castilian
topic	Aged Epidemiologic studies Tuberculosis
spellingShingle	Aged Epidemiologic studies Tuberculosis López-Pelayo,Irache García-Martos,Pedro Saldarreaga,Abel Montes de Oca,Montserrat Moreno,Isabel González-Moya,Enrique Características de la tuberculosis en pacientes mayores de 65 años en el área sanitaria de Cádiz (España)
description	Background : Tuberculosis in the elderly is an increasing public health problem. Aim: To describe the epidemiological, clinical and microbiological characteristics of tuberculosis in patients over 65 years old, as compared to younger patients. Material and methods: We reviewed the case histories of tuberculosis, microbiologically diagnosed by Ziehl-Neelsen/auramine smear and Löwenstein-Jensen culture, in patients over 65 years old, in the sanitary area of Cadiz (Spain). Results: We detected 49 new cases (37 males) of tuberculosis in elderly subjects. The infection rate in this age group (16.3/100.000 inhabitants) is lower than in people younger than 65 years old (21.1/100.000 inhabitants). The most common symptoms were cough (44.9%), fever (40.8%) and dyspnea (44.9%). Neither of them were infected by the human immunodeficiency virus nor were parenteral drug abusers. Thirty seven percent of cases had a history of previous tuberculosis, and in 75.5% the disease location was pulmonary. The Ziehl-Neelsen/auramine smear was negative in 53.1% of the samples. Conclusions: The number of patients older than 65 years old with tuberculosis has increased in the sanitary area of Cadiz (Spain). This group of patients shows different epidemiological and clinical characteristics than younger patients (Rev Méd Chile 2004; 132: 325-30).
author	López-Pelayo,Irache García-Martos,Pedro Saldarreaga,Abel Montes de Oca,Montserrat Moreno,Isabel González-Moya,Enrique
author_facet	López-Pelayo,Irache García-Martos,Pedro Saldarreaga,Abel Montes de Oca,Montserrat Moreno,Isabel González-Moya,Enrique
author_sort	López-Pelayo,Irache
title	Características de la tuberculosis en pacientes mayores de 65 años en el área sanitaria de Cádiz (España)
title_short	Características de la tuberculosis en pacientes mayores de 65 años en el área sanitaria de Cádiz (España)
title_full	Características de la tuberculosis en pacientes mayores de 65 años en el área sanitaria de Cádiz (España)
title_fullStr	Características de la tuberculosis en pacientes mayores de 65 años en el área sanitaria de Cádiz (España)
title_full_unstemmed	Características de la tuberculosis en pacientes mayores de 65 años en el área sanitaria de Cádiz (España)
title_sort	características de la tuberculosis en pacientes mayores de 65 años en el área sanitaria de cádiz (españa)
publisher	Sociedad Médica de Santiago
publishDate	2004
url	http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-98872004000300007
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Características de la tuberculosis en pacientes mayores de 65 años en el área sanitaria de Cádiz (España)

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