Extrapulmonary tuberculosis in an immigrant society: clinical and demographic aspects of 92 cases.
Extrapulmonary tuberculosis accounted for 33% of all new cases of tuberculosis identified at the Soroka Medical Center in Beer Sheva, Israel, during a 10-year period. The most common types of extrapulmonary infection diagnosed were genitourinary tuberculosis (54% of patients), lymphadenitis (13%), pleural tuberculosis (9%), and tuberculosis of bones and joints (8%). Of 92 patients, 51% were Jews of Ethiopian origin, 29% were Jews of non-Ethiopian origin, and 20% were Bedouins. Thus, extrapulmonary tuberculosis remains a significant problem for Israel's heterogeneous population.
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Infectious Diseases Institute, Soroka Medical Center, Beer Sheva, Israel.
Schlaeffer
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D005002:Ethiopia / Q000208:ethnology; D005006:Ethnicity; D006801:Humans; D007557:Israel / Q000453:epidemiology; D007585:Jews; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000208:ethnology; D014388:Tuberculosis, Lymph Node / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology; D014394:Tuberculosis, Osteoarticular / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology; D014396:Tuberculosis, Pleural / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology; D014401:Tuberculosis, Urogenital / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology