{"title":"肺结核在老年人中的流行——来自泰国农村省份的观察","authors":"","doi":"10.37184/lnjpc.2707-3521.1.17","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Tuberculosis is an important clinical problem worldwide in many countries in Asia. A high incidence of tuberculosis exists in Indochina. Some specific populations including the elderly, have a higher probability of getting infected. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of tuberculosis among elderly population in rural district of Thailand, a tropical country in Indochina. According to the study, all 22,033 Thai elderly in this area were screened for tuberculosis. Of these cases, there were 39 infected cases (prevalence rate = 0.18%, 95% CI: 0.13% - 0.24%). In conclusion, tuberculosis is common among Thai elderly in this setting.","PeriodicalId":140679,"journal":{"name":"Liaquat National Journal of Primary Care","volume":"34 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":"{\"title\":\"Prevalence of Pulmonary Tuberculosis among the Elderly- An Observation from a Rural Province of Thailand\",\"authors\":\"\",\"doi\":\"10.37184/lnjpc.2707-3521.1.17\",\"DOIUrl\":null,\"url\":null,\"abstract\":\"Tuberculosis is an important clinical problem worldwide in many countries in Asia. A high incidence of tuberculosis exists in Indochina. Some specific populations including the elderly, have a higher probability of getting infected. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of tuberculosis among elderly population in rural district of Thailand, a tropical country in Indochina. According to the study, all 22,033 Thai elderly in this area were screened for tuberculosis. Of these cases, there were 39 infected cases (prevalence rate = 0.18%, 95% CI: 0.13% - 0.24%). In conclusion, tuberculosis is common among Thai elderly in this setting.\",\"PeriodicalId\":140679,\"journal\":{\"name\":\"Liaquat National Journal of Primary Care\",\"volume\":\"34 1\",\"pages\":\"0\"},\"PeriodicalIF\":0.0000,\"publicationDate\":\"1900-01-01\",\"publicationTypes\":\"Journal Article\",\"fieldsOfStudy\":null,\"isOpenAccess\":false,\"openAccessPdf\":\"\",\"citationCount\":\"0\",\"resultStr\":null,\"platform\":\"Semanticscholar\",\"paperid\":null,\"PeriodicalName\":\"Liaquat National Journal of Primary Care\",\"FirstCategoryId\":\"1085\",\"ListUrlMain\":\"https://doi.org/10.37184/lnjpc.2707-3521.1.17\",\"RegionNum\":0,\"RegionCategory\":null,\"ArticlePicture\":[],\"TitleCN\":null,\"AbstractTextCN\":null,\"PMCID\":null,\"EPubDate\":\"\",\"PubModel\":\"\",\"JCR\":\"\",\"JCRName\":\"\",\"Score\":null,\"Total\":0}","platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Liaquat National Journal of Primary Care","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.37184/lnjpc.2707-3521.1.17","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
Prevalence of Pulmonary Tuberculosis among the Elderly- An Observation from a Rural Province of Thailand
Tuberculosis is an important clinical problem worldwide in many countries in Asia. A high incidence of tuberculosis exists in Indochina. Some specific populations including the elderly, have a higher probability of getting infected. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of tuberculosis among elderly population in rural district of Thailand, a tropical country in Indochina. According to the study, all 22,033 Thai elderly in this area were screened for tuberculosis. Of these cases, there were 39 infected cases (prevalence rate = 0.18%, 95% CI: 0.13% - 0.24%). In conclusion, tuberculosis is common among Thai elderly in this setting.
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