Impact of the synergistic effect of pneumonia and air pollutants on newly diagnosed pulmonary tuberculosis in southern Taiwan

• Published in: Environmental research Vol. 212; no. Pt B; p. 113215
• Main Authors: Wu, Da-Wei, Cheng, Yu-Cheng, Wang, Chih-Wen, Hung, Chih-Hsing, Chen, Pei-Shih, Chu-Sung Hu, Stephen, Richard Lin, Chun-Hung, Chen, Szu-Chia, Kuo, Chao-Hung
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier Inc 01.09.2022
• Subjects: adults; air; Air pollutant; air pollution; air quality; confidence interval; hazard ratio; hospitals; patients; Pneumonia; Pulmonary tuberculosis; regression analysis; retrospective studies; risk; synergism; Synergistic effect; Taiwan; tuberculosis; Taiwan; NO; Pneumonia; O3; TEPA; KMUHRD; MTBC; NO2; ICD-9-CM; KMUH; PM2.5; SO2; EMA; Air pollutant; WHO; TAQMD; CI; Pulmonary tuberculosis; HRs; PSM; CO; TB; CT; NOX; PM10; Synergistic effect; CXR; PM; PN; PTB

An increased incidence of pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) among patients with pulmonary diseases exposed to air pollution has been reported. To comprehensively investigate the association between pneumonia (PN) and air pollution with PTB through a large-scale follow-up study. We conducted a retrospecti...