Rozdíly v průběhu tuberkulózy u českých nemocných a cizinců
| Title in English | Differences in the course of tuberculosis between Czech and foreign patients |
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| Authors | |
| Year of publication | 2015 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Studia pneumologica et phthiseologica |
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| Field | Pneumology |
| Keywords | tuberculosis; foreigners |
| Description | Over a period of 3 years, from 2010 to 2012, a total of 7,679 patients were admitted to the Department of Respiratory Medicine in Brno, of whom 106 had tuberculosis (TB). Those included 87 patients from the Czech Republic and 19 foreigners (18%). The study is concerned with comparing the two groups, Czech patients and foreigners born outside the country With TB, and determining differences in their age, gender, education, smoking status, family history, contacts, travel history, clinical course, symptoms, bacteriological confirmation, biological sample types, X-ray findings, and the presence of immunosuppression and Mycobacterium tuberculosis. |