Titre : | Case-control retrospective study of pulmonary tuberculosis in heroin-abusing patients in China (2006) |
Titre traduit : | (Etude de cas rétrospective de tuberculose pulmonaire chez des patients héroïnomanes en Chine) |
Auteurs : | W. WANG ; H. XIAO ; L. LU |
Type de document : | Article : Périodique |
Dans : | Journal of Psychoactive Drugs (Vol.38 n°2, 2006) |
Article en page(s) : | 203-205 |
Note générale : |
Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, 2006, 38, (2), 203-205 |
Langues: | Anglais |
Mots-clés : |
Thésaurus mots-clés TUBERCULOSE ; HEROINE ; ETUDE RETROSPECTIVE ; ETUDE DE CAS ; POUMON ; PATHOLOGIE |
Résumé : |
ENGLISH : The objective of this study was to observe the clinical significance of pulmonary tuberculosis in heroin abusers. A case-retrospective study was done to analyze clinical symptoms and severity based on chest X-rays, results of sputum bacterial test and effects of treatment. The clinical symptoms in patients with tuberculosis and heroin addiction were more severe than those in the nonheroin-addicted group. An examination of chest X-rays showed that tuberculosis lesions were involved in two or more lung fields in 80% of the heroin-addicted cases. In 73.3% of the cases, sputum bacterial tests were positive for tuberculosis. After anti-tuberculosis treatment, chest X-rays showed a recovery rate of 46.67%, caves became smaller by 41.7%, and the sputum negative conversion rate was 45.5%. There are significant differences compared with the control group (p |
Note de contenu : | tabl. |
Domaine : | Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs |
Refs biblio. : | 5 |
Affiliation : |
Wuhan Tuberculosis Prevention and Treatment Center, 28 Baofeng Road, Wuhan, PR China 430030. Chine. China. |
Numéro Toxibase : | 1301723 |
Centre Emetteur : | 13 OFDT |
Cote : | Abonnement |
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