Tuberculosis at Goroka Hospital.
All adult tuberculosis patients admitted to Goroka Hospital in the Highlands of Papua New Guinea (PNG) were studied retrospectively for 1979 and prospectively during 1980-81. Of 66 patients, 47 (71.2%) had laboratory confirmation of the diagnosis. Of those patients with pulmonary tuberculosis, 23.2% were from the Highlands and 70% from the coast.
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