Changes in Diagnostic Methods for Pulmonary Tuberculosis between 2005 and 2013 / 결핵및호흡기질환
Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
; : 227-231, 2015.
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| ID: wpr-114245
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND: Diagnostic methods for pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) have recently advanced. The aim of this study was to evaluate the changes in TB diagnostic tests that prompted the initiation of anti-TB treatment over time in South Korea, an industrialized country with an intermediate TB burden. METHODS: Patients diagnosed with pulmonary TB in the first halves of 2005 and 2013 at a tertiary referral hospital were included. Diagnostic methods that prompted the initiation of anti-TB treatment were compared between the 2 groups of patients. RESULTS: A greater proportion of patients were diagnosed with pulmonary TB using bronchoscopy in 2013 than in 2005 (26.7% vs. 6.6%, respectively; p<0.001), while the proportion of patients clinically diagnosed with pulmonary TB was lower in 2013 than in 2005 (24.7% vs. 49.0%, respectively; p<0.001). Additionally, more patients started anti-TB treatment based on positive polymerase chain reaction (PCR) results for Mycobacterium tuberculosis DNA in 2013 than in 2005 (47.3% vs. 7.9%, respectively; p<0.001). CONCLUSION: The initiation of treatment for pulmonary TB in South Korea has become more frequently based on PCR and the use of bronchoscopic specimens.
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Assunto principal:
Tuberculose Pulmonar
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Broncoscopia
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DNA
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Países Desenvolvidos
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Reação em Cadeia da Polimerase
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Técnicas de Amplificação de Ácido Nucleico
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Diagnóstico
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Testes Diagnósticos de Rotina
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Centros de Atenção Terciária
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Coreia (Geográfico)
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
Limite:
Humans
País/Região como assunto:
Asia
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
Ano de publicação:
2015
Tipo de documento:
Article