title: [Variability and diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis].
abstract: Five hundred-ninety new cases of tuberculosis were analyzed in Republic Santariskiu Tuberculosis and Lung Disease Hospital during 06 1997-06 2001. Mean age of patients - 47+/-30 years. All cases were classified based on international tuberculosis classification: pulmonary tuberculosis (A15, A16) - 409 cases; tuberculosis pleurisy (A15.6, A16.5) - 169; miliary tuberculosis (A19) - 11; generalized tuberculous lymphadenitis (A18.5) - 1. Pulmonary tuberculosis confirmed by sputum smear (A15.0) was prevalent in the structure of new tuberculosis cases (26.4%); pulmonary tuberculosis was confirmed by culture (A15.1) in 14.1%; by histology (A15.2) - in 10.3%. Unconfirmed pulmonary tuberculosis (A16) and tuberculous pleurisy (A16.5) amounted to 28.5%. Liver biopsy and positive sputum cultures for mycobacterias mostly confirmed tuberculosis diagnosis in miliary tuberculosis cases. From all tuberculous pleurisy cases in 65% the diagnosis was confirmed by bacteriology and/or histology.
authors.affiliation: Clinic of Pulmonology and Allergology, Faculty of Medicine, Vilnius University, Santariskiu 14, 2021 Vilnius, Lithuania. ausrakam@delfi.lt
authors.forename: Ausra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kaminskaite
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D014374:Tuberculin Test; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000145:classification* / Q000175:diagnosis; D014388:Tuberculosis, Lymph Node / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014391:Tuberculosis, Miliary / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014396:Tuberculosis, Pleural / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000175:diagnosis*
chemical_list: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial; D004269:DNA, Bacterial