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Delays in Isolating Patients Admitted to Hospital with Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Korea
Journal of Korean Medical Science ; : e270-2019.
Article in English | WPRIM | ID: wpr-765117
ABSTRACT

BACKGROUND:

Delays in isolating patients admitted to hospital with active pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) can contribute to nosocomial transmission; however, in Korea, patients with clinically diagnosed PTB are not routinely isolated while awaiting microbiological confirmation of the diagnosis. We aimed to assess the extent of delays in isolating patients admitted with PTB and to identify the factors associated with delayed isolation.

METHODS:

We retrospectively reviewed the electronic medical records of patients aged ≥ 18 years with active PTB, between January 2008 and December 2017, from two Korean hospitals.

RESULTS:

Among 1,062 patients, 612 (57.6%) were not isolated on admission day. The median time from admission to isolation was 1 day (interquartile range 0–2 days). The independent risk factor most strongly associated with delayed isolation was admission to departments other than pulmonology or infectious diseases departments (adjusted odds ratio [aOR], 5.302; 95% confidence interval [CI], 3.177–8.847; P 50% were not isolated on admission day. We suggest that the patients with clinically suspected PTB including the elderly who have a past history of TB, night sweats, or apical infiltration on chest radiographs, be presumptively isolated on admission, without waiting for microbiological confirmation of the diagnosis.
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Full text: Available Index: WPRIM (Western Pacific) Main subject: Sweat / Tuberculosis / Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Radiography, Thoracic / Pulmonary Medicine / Odds Ratio / Communicable Diseases / Retrospective Studies / Risk Factors / Diagnosis Type of study: Diagnostic study / Etiology study / Observational study / Prognostic study / Risk factors Limits: Aged / Humans Country/Region as subject: Asia Language: English Journal: Journal of Korean Medical Science Year: 2019 Type: Article

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Full text: Available Index: WPRIM (Western Pacific) Main subject: Sweat / Tuberculosis / Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Radiography, Thoracic / Pulmonary Medicine / Odds Ratio / Communicable Diseases / Retrospective Studies / Risk Factors / Diagnosis Type of study: Diagnostic study / Etiology study / Observational study / Prognostic study / Risk factors Limits: Aged / Humans Country/Region as subject: Asia Language: English Journal: Journal of Korean Medical Science Year: 2019 Type: Article