Mortality of Tuberculosis in Very Old People

OBJECTIVES: To describe the clinical characteristics and outcomes of tuberculosis (TB) in elderly people. DESIGN: Observational analysis of a prospective cohort of adults with TB (1995–2004). A case–control study to determine attributable mortality to TB in very old people was done. RESULTS: Of 319...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (JAGS) 2010-01, Vol.58 (1), p.18-22
Hauptverfasser:	Salvadó, Meritxell, Garcia-Vidal, Carolina, Vázquez, Pilar, Riera, Montserrat, Rodríguez-Carballeira, Mónica, Martínez-Lacasa, Javier, Cuchi, Eva, Garau, Javier
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Adult Age Factors Aged Aged, 80 and over attributable mortality Bacterial diseases Biological and medical sciences Case-Control Studies Data processing Drugs Epidemiology Female General aspects Geriatrics Human bacterial diseases Humans Infectious diseases Male Medical sciences Middle Aged Mortality Mycobacterium old Older people Prospective Studies Public health. Hygiene Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine Toxicity Tuberculosis Tuberculosis - mortality Tuberculosis and atypical mycobacterial infections very old Young Adult
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Zusammenfassung:	OBJECTIVES: To describe the clinical characteristics and outcomes of tuberculosis (TB) in elderly people. DESIGN: Observational analysis of a prospective cohort of adults with TB (1995–2004). A case–control study to determine attributable mortality to TB in very old people was done. RESULTS: Of 319 patients with TB, 109 (34.2%) were aged 65 and older. The older group was more likely to have comorbidities (1.4% vs 0.4%; P
ISSN:	0002-8614 1532-5415
DOI:	10.1111/j.1532-5415.2009.02619.x