PMID: 2115215Mar 1, 1990Paper

Abacillary pulmonary tuberculosis

Tubercle
J NørregaardK Viskum

Abstract

In Copenhagen, a city with a low incidence of tuberculosis, 72 patients with discrete pulmonary infiltrates on the chest X-ray had a tentative diagnosis of tuberculosis. All were sputum smear negative for acid-fast bacilli. A prospective randomised study was carried out to determine whether these patients would benefit from chemotherapy. Out of the 72 patients, 22 (30.6%) had positive cultures initially and were treated. Of the remaining 50 patients, 22 received chemotherapy and 28 were untreated controls. Among the untreated patients 8 (29%) later became culture positive for M. tuberculosis, whereas none of the treated patients developed culture positive tuberculosis during the follow-up period of 5 years.

Citations

Jan 17, 2003·APMIS : Acta Pathologica, Microbiologica, Et Immunologica Scandinavica·Troels LillebaekKaj Viskum
May 9, 2003·Respiratory Medicine·M L Mathur, S Raman

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