title: [Pulmonary tuberculosis today. The findings over a 5-year period in a ward for women].
abstract: The authors studied the cases of pulmonary tuberculosis they had the opportunity to observe during a five-year period from 1985 to 1989 carrying out the phenomenon. As a result they pointed out that the worst affected subjects belonged to the age bands included between the second and the third decade, followed by the fifth decade and over. They concluded that the 234 cases they examined do not represent the real number of affected subjects and that elderly patients to the most serious cases.
authors.affiliation: VIII Divisione, Ospedale V. Monaldi, U.S.L. 41.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Saviano
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Balsamo
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Cerbone
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: De Simone
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Guarino
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Strocchia
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Borrelli
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012737:Sex Factors; D013183:Sputum / Q000382:microbiology; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology
vernacular_title: La tubercolosi polmonare oggi. Rilievi su di un quinquennio in una divisione femminile.