title: [Diagnosis delay of pleural and pulmonary tuberculosis].
abstract: Tuberculosis (TB) is still being endemic in our country. Time until management determines both evolution and prognosis of this condition. The aim of this work is to evaluate the delay in diagnosis of TB in a respiratory unit from a university hospital series. The authors conducted a cross-sectional study including patients with pulmonary TBC and/or pleural. An evaluation of time management was conducted from the beginning of symptoms and various consultations with reference to the date of hospitalization and treatment set up. One hundred patients were included (pulmonary TB: 68 cases, pleural TB 23 cases, miliary pulmonary TB: 4 cases, pulmonary TB associated with other extrathoracic locations: 5 cases). The mean time of patient delay and total delay institution were respectively 43.6, 25.7 and 69.3 days. Variables responsible for long delays were: number of consultations more than 3 before hospitalization, empirical antibiotic therapy, of a regional hospital first consultation and the presence of extra-respiratory impairment. The patient delay was considered long. A reorganization of the TB control program, in particular by partial decentralization of care and health education is imperative in order to improve the quality of tuberculosis management in our country.
authors.affiliation: Service de pneumologie allergologie, unité de recherche 99/UR/08-21, faculté de médecine de Tunis, université de Tunis El Manar, CHU La Rabta, 1007 Tunis, Tunisie. Electronic address: joudacherif@yahoo.fr.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cherif
authors.affiliation: Service de pneumologie allergologie, unité de recherche 99/UR/08-21, faculté de médecine de Tunis, université de Tunis El Manar, CHU La Rabta, 1007 Tunis, Tunisie.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mjid
authors.affiliation: Service de pneumologie allergologie, unité de recherche 99/UR/08-21, faculté de médecine de Tunis, université de Tunis El Manar, CHU La Rabta, 1007 Tunis, Tunisie.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ladhar
authors.affiliation: Service de pneumologie allergologie, unité de recherche 99/UR/08-21, faculté de médecine de Tunis, université de Tunis El Manar, CHU La Rabta, 1007 Tunis, Tunisie.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Toujani
authors.affiliation: Service de pneumologie allergologie, unité de recherche 99/UR/08-21, faculté de médecine de Tunis, université de Tunis El Manar, CHU La Rabta, 1007 Tunis, Tunisie.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mokadem
authors.affiliation: Service de pneumologie allergologie, unité de recherche 99/UR/08-21, faculté de médecine de Tunis, université de Tunis El Manar, CHU La Rabta, 1007 Tunis, Tunisie.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Louzir
authors.affiliation: Service de pneumologie allergologie, unité de recherche 99/UR/08-21, faculté de médecine de Tunis, université de Tunis El Manar, CHU La Rabta, 1007 Tunis, Tunisie.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Mehiri
authors.affiliation: Service de pneumologie allergologie, unité de recherche 99/UR/08-21, faculté de médecine de Tunis, université de Tunis El Manar, CHU La Rabta, 1007 Tunis, Tunisie.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Béji
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D057210:Delayed Diagnosis / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014396:Tuberculosis, Pleural / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D014416:Tunisia / Q000453:epidemiology; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Diagnosis delay; Délai diagnostique; Epidemiology; Pulmonary tuberculosis; Tuberculose; Tuberculose pulmonaire; Tuberculosis; Épidémiologie