       Document 0177
 DOCN  M9610177
 TI    [Extrapulmonary tuberculosis. Experience at a general hospital
       (1980-1993)]
 DT    9601
 AU    Ramos JM; Esteban J; Jimenez-Arriero M; Soriano F; Departamento de
       Microbiologia Clinica, Fundacion Jimenez; Diaz.
 SO    Rev Clin Esp. 1995 Aug;195(8):546-9. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
       MED/96007125
 AB    In order to know extrapulmonary tuberculosis in our environment the
       results of all samples submitted for culture of mycobacteria to the
       Microbiology Department, Fundacion Jimenez Diaz, from 1980 to 1993 were
       analyzed. During this period 290 cases of extrapulmonary cases were
       diagnosed, 101 from 1980 to 1985 and 189 from 1986 to 1993. The most
       common site of infection before 1985 was in genitourinary tract (42.6%);
       in contrast, from 1986 onwards the more common sites of infection were
       pleural (22.8%), genitourinary tract and lymphatic glands (22.2% in both
       sites). When EPT was compared in the two periods of time the
       observations made were a relative decrease of genitourinary infections
       (p = 0.00004) and increase in disseminated (p = 0.015) and pleural
       tuberculosis (p = 0.011) from 1986 compared with previous years. From
       1986 a greater proportion of disseminated form was observed (p < 0.0001)
       in positive-HIV patients and of genitourinary (p = 0.011) and pleural (p
       = 0.076) forms in negative HIV-patients. In conclusion, extrapulmonary
       tuberculosis has increased in our environment during the period
       1980-1993, and this increase is not attributable only to positive-HIV
       patients. The distribution of clinical forms of this disease was
       different in the two studied periods and among positive and negative HIV
       patients.
 DE    English Abstract  Hospitals, General  Human  HIV
       Infections/*COMPLICATIONS  Tuberculosis/COMPLICATIONS/*EPIDEMIOLOGY
       JOURNAL ARTICLE

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