[Clinical evaluation of patients with pulmonary tuberculosis during the past 10 years in our hospital].
The background of patients who died of active pulmonary tuberculosis during 10 year's period (1989 to 1998). Of 973 tuberculosis patients, 76 patients died, of which 56 died of non-tuberculosis, and 20 died of tuberculosis. A total of 12 patients died within 3 months after being hospitalized. The period from hospitalization to death was significantly shorter in tuberculosis patients with independent gait failure, original treatment, without tuberculosis medical history, and no drug resistance. We considered that in tuberculosis death, severe tuberculosis itself is the cause of early death, and recurrence and drug resistance patients are the most serious problems in later deaths.
Yano
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S
Department of Pulmonary Medicine, National Sanatorium Matsue Hospital, Japan.
Shishido
S
S
Kobayashi
K
K
Nakano
H
H
Mikami
M
M
Kawasaki
Y
Y
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D004351:Drug Resistance; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D007297:Inpatients / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D007902:Length of Stay; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012008:Recurrence; D013997:Time Factors; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000401:mortality*