Evaluation of 90 older patients with lung tuberculosis admitted to the Hospital 71

ABSTRACT

The study was conducted on 90 cases of lung tuberculosis aiming to investigate the relationship between level of tuberculosis lesions on standard X-ray imaging with sputum directive BK test. Characteristics of clinico-pathological tuberculosis in elderly found in this study were some similar to that in other previous studies, but the progress of clinical symptoms was not aggressive. Lesions on the X-ray imaging mainly are large and moderate areas, with chronic characteristic. Co-morbidities are multiple and have high ability to cause complications