[Pulmonary Tuberculosis in foreigners].
We studied the background and social problems of pulmonary tuberculosis in foreigners which we recently encountered at the National Chiba- Higashi Hospital and the Chiba Anti-tuberculosis Association. 1) The number of foreigners with pulmonary tuberculosis has been increasing year by year, one in 1983, none in 1984 and 1985, one in 1986, two in 1987 and four in 1988. 2) Most of these patients had been already infected or had some symptoms before their arrival to Japan. 3) Their background includes some serious social problems such as troubles in daily life coming from linguistic and cultural differences and economic difficulties, legal problems such as illegality of their stay in Japan, etc. 4) Most of the above cases could not be treated sufficiently because they are foreigners or because of their illegal stay.
Yamagishi
F
F
Division of Thoracic Disease, National Chiba-Higashi Hospital, Chiba, Japan.
Suzuki
K
K
Itoh
T
T
Hayashi
A
A
Yasuda
J I
JI
Niijima
Y
Y
Satoh
N
N
Sirai
T
T
Ihara
S
S
Shimura
A
A
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D007723:Korea / Q000208:ethnology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010679:Philippines / Q000208:ethnology; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology*