title: [Pulmonary tuberculosis in families of patients with bacteriologically positive pulmonary tuberculosis].
abstract: The aim of the study was to carry out analysis of pulmonary tuberculosis occurrence in multimember families in which at least one person was suffering from pulmonary tuberculosis bacteriologically confirmed (BK+). The study was based on clinical examination, chest-X-rays analysis and outpatients clinic files. The initial number of patients suffering from tuberculosis BK(+) was 70, therefore 268 people from 70 families were included in the study. In 48 (70%) of families there was only one case of pulmonary tuberculosis BK+ throughout 5 years of observation. In the remaining 22 (30%) of families at least one more case of pulmonary tuberculosis was recorded. 60% of those cases concerned a spouse. In 10% of families where one person had relapses of tuberculosis BK+, within one year an another case of pulmonary tuberculosis bacteriologically positive or negative was confirmed.
authors.affiliation: Samodzielny Publiczny Zakład Opieki Zdrowotnej w Sieradzu.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Zalc-Swierczewska
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Grzelewska-Rzymowska
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D018562:Disease Transmission, Infectious; D005192:Family Health; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D011044:Poland / Q000453:epidemiology; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000635:transmission