The Characteristics of Cases with Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis in a University Hospital
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Prof. Dr. Handan İNÖNÜ KÖSEOĞLU
Tokat Gaziosmanpaşa Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Prof. Dr. Reşit Doğan KÖSEOĞLU
Tokat Gaziosmanpaşa Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Tokat Gaziosmanpaşa Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Cumhuriyet Üniversitesi, Türkiye
| Makale Türü | Özgün Makale |
| Makale Alt Türü | ESCI dergilerinde yayınlanan tam makale |
| Dergi Adı | Turkish Thoracic Journal/Turk Toraks Dergisi |
| Dergi ISSN | 1302-7808 |
| Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler | Emerging Sources Citation Index, EBSCO, CINAHL, Gale/Cengage Learning, ProQuest |
| Makale Dili | İngilizce |
| Basım Tarihi | 12-2010 |
| Cilt No | 11 |
| Sayı | 4 |
| Sayfalar | 167 / 172 |
| DOI Numarası | 10.5152/ttd.2010.27 |
| Makale Linki | http://www.turkthoracj.org/eng/makale/571/140/Full-Text |
| Özet |
| Objective:Tuberculosis (TB) can involve most tissues and organs besides the lungs and this form is called extrapulmonary tuberculosis (EPT). The diagnosis of EPT may be delayed due to organ-specific symptoms of the disease.Material and Method:In this study, the aim is to evaluate the cases who were diagnosed as EPT in our clinic between 2006-2009. Forty-four patient records were reviewed, retrospectively.Results:Twenty-nine (65.9%) cases were female, 15 (34.1%) cases were male. The mean age of the cases was 50.23±18.4 years and most were 25-34 years-old. Nine (21%) cases had a history of close contact. Seventeen (39%) cases had tuberculin tests in their records and thirteen (76%) of them had a positive result. The distribution according to sites of involvement of EPT cases were as follows: pleural TB (n: 21, 47.7%), lymphadenitis TB (n: 14, 31.8%), skin TB (n: 3, 6.8%), bone-joint TB (n: 2, 4.5 … |
| Anahtar Kelimeler |
| Extrapulmonary tuberculosis | tuberculous lymphadenitis | pleural tuberculosis | laryngeal tuberculosis | skin tuberculosis | bone tuberculosis |
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| WoS | 5 |
| Google Scholar | 4 |