Toyota E, Ootani N, Suzuki T, Yosikawa M, Ozawa Y, Tajima H
Division of Respiratory Diseases, Nakano National Chest Hospital, Japan.
Kekkaku. 1991 Dec;66(12):805-10.
In recent years, it has been documented that tuberculosis frequently occurs among recently entered foreigners dominantly from Asia. We studied 85 cases admitted to our hospital for active tuberculosis from 1986 to 1990. Many of those cases, we believe, were infected in countries of origin and were reactivated soon after or before entering Japan. In spite of higher rate of involving recurrent cases and resistance to anti-mycobacterial drug agents, chemotherapy has been generally efficient. In some cases, continuance of treatment was difficult because of their illegal stay, misunderstanding of the disease or other problems such as customs and economic difficulties.
近年来，有文献记载，结核病在主要来自亚洲的新入境外国人中频繁发生。我们研究了1986年至1990年期间因活动性结核病入住我院的85例病例。我们认为，这些病例中的许多人在原籍国感染，并在进入日本后不久或之前复发。尽管复发病例比例较高，且对抗分枝杆菌药物耐药，但化疗总体上是有效的。在某些情况下，由于他们非法居留、对疾病的误解或其他问题，如海关和经济困难，治疗的持续进行很困难。
