CLINICAL ANALYSIS OF FOREIGN PATIENTS WITH TUBERCULOSIS FOUND IN CHUGOKU-SHIKOKU AREA

In this study, we investigated 45 foreign patients who had been diagnosed as having tuberculosis in Chugoku-Shikoku area during the past 12 years. Regarding regional characteristics, in Hiroshima prefecture an epidemic of tuberculosis was experienced among patients coming from South America, but ant...

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Published inKekkaku(Tuberculosis) Vol. 73; no. 12; pp. 705 - 711
Main Authors KOBASHI, Yoshihiro, MATSUSHIMA, Toshiharu, KAWAHARA, Shin, TADA, Atsuhiko, SHISHIDO, Shinji, YANO, Shuichi, SHIGETOU, Eriko, YOKOSAKI, Tomoyuki, TOMIOKA, Haruaki, TAKEYAMA, Hiroyasu, NISHIMURA, Kazutaka, SHIODE, Masahiro, UEDA, Hiroo, KURAOKA, Toshihiko, INBA, Kyousuke
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published JAPANESE SOCIETY FOR TUBERCULOSIS 15.12.1998
Subjects
Acid-fast bacilli examination
Antituberculous therapy
Regional characteristics
Tuberculosis of foreigners
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Summary:In this study, we investigated 45 foreign patients who had been diagnosed as having tuberculosis in Chugoku-Shikoku area during the past 12 years. Regarding regional characteristics, in Hiroshima prefecture an epidemic of tuberculosis was experienced among patients coming from South America, but antituberculous therapy was performed for 87% of the patients because of the high coverage of the health insurance scheme. But in Okayama prefecture, most of the patients were female and came from Asian countries, such as, the Philippines. Antituberculous therapy was not performed for nine patients because of no coverage of the health insurance scheme. In the other prefectures, only a few cases of tuberculosis were experienced, but in Yamaguchi prefecture two of three foreign patients were multidrug-resistant tuberculosis.
ISSN:0022-9776
1884-2410
DOI:10.11400/kekkaku1923.73.705