Comparison of Early and Late Tuberculosis Deaths in Korea

The cause of death in patients with tuberculosis (TB) may differ according to the phase of anti-tuberculosis treatment. However, there are limited data regarding this issue in Korea. We compared the cause of death of TB patients who died during the early intensive and late continuation phase of trea...

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Autores principales: Lee, Jaehee, Nam, Hyun Woo, Choi, Sun Ha, Yoo, Seung Soo, Lee, Shin Yup, Cha, Seung Ick, Park, Jae Yong, Kim, Chang Ho
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Academy of Medical Sciences 2017
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Brief Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5334172/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28244300
http://dx.doi.org/10.3346/jkms.2017.32.4.700
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author Lee, Jaehee
Nam, Hyun Woo
Choi, Sun Ha
Yoo, Seung Soo
Lee, Shin Yup
Cha, Seung Ick
Park, Jae Yong
Kim, Chang Ho
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Cha, Seung Ick
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description The cause of death in patients with tuberculosis (TB) may differ according to the phase of anti-tuberculosis treatment. However, there are limited data regarding this issue in Korea. We compared the cause of death of TB patients who died during the early intensive and late continuation phase of treatment. Twenty (56%) of the 36 early deaths were due to TB-related causes, whereas 34 (89%) of the 38 late deaths were due to TB-unrelated causes. This finding suggests that TB-related early deaths mainly attributable to delayed diagnosis should be improved to further reduce the overall TB deaths.
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spelling pubmed-53341722017-04-01 Comparison of Early and Late Tuberculosis Deaths in Korea Lee, Jaehee Nam, Hyun Woo Choi, Sun Ha Yoo, Seung Soo Lee, Shin Yup Cha, Seung Ick Park, Jae Yong Kim, Chang Ho J Korean Med Sci Brief Communication The cause of death in patients with tuberculosis (TB) may differ according to the phase of anti-tuberculosis treatment. However, there are limited data regarding this issue in Korea. We compared the cause of death of TB patients who died during the early intensive and late continuation phase of treatment. Twenty (56%) of the 36 early deaths were due to TB-related causes, whereas 34 (89%) of the 38 late deaths were due to TB-unrelated causes. This finding suggests that TB-related early deaths mainly attributable to delayed diagnosis should be improved to further reduce the overall TB deaths. The Korean Academy of Medical Sciences 2017-04 2017-02-13 /pmc/articles/PMC5334172/ /pubmed/28244300 http://dx.doi.org/10.3346/jkms.2017.32.4.700 Text en © 2017 The Korean Academy of Medical Sciences. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5334172/
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