Nelson Mandela School of Medicine, Caprisa, Congella, Durban, South Africa.
Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2004 Nov;8(11):1385-7.
A referral hospital for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) patients in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
To investigate how self-reporting of past exposure to anti-tuberculosis therapy in MDR-TB patients relates to their chest radiographs.
Chest radiographs of 406 patients with bacteriologically confirmed MDR-TB who were admitted to a tertiary referral hospital during 1998-2001 were reviewed. Of 245 patients with chronic radiographic changes, 91% reported previous anti-tuberculosis treatment, while of 161 patients with acute radiographic changes, 70% reported no previous history of TB treatment.
Self-reporting by patients of previous anti-tuberculosis treatment relates to the duration of disease assessed radiologically, and is much more reliable than previously postulated.
南非夸祖鲁-纳塔尔省的一家耐多药结核病(MDR-TB)患者转诊医院。
调查耐多药结核病患者自我报告的过去抗结核治疗史与他们的胸部 X 光片之间的关系。
对 1998-2001 年间入住一家三级转诊医院的 406 例经细菌学证实的耐多药结核病患者的胸部 X 光片进行了回顾性分析。在 245 例慢性放射学改变的患者中,91%报告了以前的抗结核治疗,而在 161 例急性放射学改变的患者中,70%报告了没有以前的结核病治疗史。
患者自我报告的过去抗结核治疗与放射学评估的疾病持续时间有关,比之前推测的要可靠得多。