[Lung tuberculosis in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis--case report].
In 1993 WHO announced the tuberculosis threat, as 1/3 of the world's population was infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Only in 2002 there were 9 million new cases recorded and yearly mortality rate of this disease was 3 million. Comparing to the European Union countries such as France, Germany, or Great Britain, Polish statistics show a two times higher incidence rate for 100000 people. In 2004 the greatest number of new cases was recorded in the following regions: Mazowiecki, Silesian, and Łódz district. As screening was abandoned, general practitioners play an important role in detecting this disease. The authors of the paper present a case of a man aged 67 with atypical rheumatoid arthritis and tuberculosis recidivation.
Rozumek
Grzegorz
G
Klinika Chorób Wewnetrznych 4 Wojskowego Szpitala Klinicznego z Poliklinika SP ZOZ we Wrocławiu. reumatologia4WSzK@op.pl
Klementowska
Dominika
D
Całka
Karol
K
Molenda
Włodzimierz
W
D000368:Aged; D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*