title: [Infectious diseases in the adult population admitted to a general hospital].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  To determine the infectious diseases (ID) that led to hospital admission of the foreign population>14 years.
  
  
  METHODS
  A retrospective study of foreign patients admitted to hospital (2000-2012).
  
  
  RESULTS
  A total of 3,087 foreigners were admitted with infectious diseases. Of these, 73.6% were from low income countries, and 26.4% from high income countries. Most of them (86.9%) were admitted with common ID, 11.8% with transmissible ID, and 1.6% with tropical ID. Tropical ID and transmissible ID were higher in patients from low income countries (14.7%) than from high income countries (9.7%, p<0.001). The main tropical ID was malaria (74%). The main transmissible ID were tuberculosis (40.3%), hepatitis (27.8%), and HIV/AIDS (27.5%).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Common ID were the main reason for admission in foreign population.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Medicina Interna, Hospital General Universitario de Alicante, Alicante, España; Departamento de Medicina Clínica, Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche, Campus de San Juan Alicante, España. Electronic address: jramosrincon@yahoo.es.
authors.forename: José M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Ramos
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Medicina Interna, Hospital General Universitario de Alicante, Alicante, España.
authors.forename: Héctor
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Pinargote
authors.affiliation: Unidad de Enfermedades Infecciosas, Hospital General Universitario de Alicante, Alicante, España.
authors.forename: Diego
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Torrús
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Medicina Interna, Hospital General Universitario de Alicante, Alicante, España.
authors.forename: Rosario
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sánchez-Martínez
authors.affiliation: Unidad de Enfermedades Infecciosas, Hospital General Universitario de Alicante, Alicante, España.
authors.forename: Esperanza
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Merino
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Medicina Interna, Hospital General Universitario de Alicante, Alicante, España; Unidad de Enfermedades Infecciosas, Hospital General Universitario de Alicante, Alicante, España; Departamento de Medicina Clínica, Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche, Campus de San Juan Alicante, España.
authors.forename: Joaquín
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Portilla
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000349:Africa / Q000208:ethnology; D001208:Asia / Q000208:ethnology; D017691:Caribbean Region / Q000208:ethnology; D003141:Communicable Diseases / Q000208:ethnology*; D019049:Developed Countries; D003906:Developing Countries; D054242:Emigrants and Immigrants / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005060:Europe / Q000208:ethnology; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000208:ethnology; D006525:Hepatitis, Viral, Human / Q000208:ethnology; D006769:Hospitals, General / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006785:Hospitals, University / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D007843:Latin America / Q000208:ethnology; D008288:Malaria / Q000208:ethnology; D012141:Respiratory Tract Infections / Q000208:ethnology; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013030:Spain / Q000453:epidemiology; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000208:ethnology; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections / Q000208:ethnology
keywords: Chronic hepatitis; Enfermedades infecciosas; Extranjeros; Foreign; Hepatitis crónica; Immigrant; Immigration; Infección urinaria; Infectious Diseases; Inmigración; Inmigrantes; Malaria; Tuberculosis; Urinary tract infection