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Frequency of tuberculosis at autopsies in a large hospital in Zagreb, Croatia: a 10-year retrospective study
Ivana Pavić
; Ljudevit Jurak University Department of Pathology, Sestre Milosrdnice University Hospital Center, Zagreb, Croatia
Petra Radulović
; Ljudevit Jurak University Department of Pathology, Sestre Milosrdnice University Hospital Center, Zagreb, Croatia
Tatjana Bujas
; Department of Pathology and Forensic Medicine, General Hospital Karlovac, Karlovac, Croatia
Melita Perić Balja
; Ljudevit Jurak University Department of Pathology, Sestre Milosrdnice University Hospital Center, Zagreb, Croatia
Jelena Ostojić
; Department of Internal Medicine Division of Clinical Immunology, Pulmonary Diseases and Rheumatology, Sestre Milosrdnice University Hospital Center, Zagreb, Croatia
Drinko Baličević
; School of Dentistry, University Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia of
Sažetak
Aim To assess the frequency and forms of pulmonary tuberculosis
at autopsy in a high-traffic hospital in the capital
city of a country with a low tuberculosis incidence.
Methods We performed a retrospective search of autopsy
data from the period 2000 to 2009 at Sestre Milosrdnice
University Hospital Center, Zagreb, Croatia. We also examined
patients’ records and histological slides.
Results Of 3479 autopsies, we identified 61 tuberculosis
cases, corresponding to a frequency of 1.8%. Active tuberculosis
was found in 33 cases (54%), 23 of which (70%)
were male. Of the 33 active cases, 25 (76%) were clinically
unrecognized and 19 (76%) of these were male.
Conclusion Clinically undiagnosed tuberculosis accounted
for a substantial proportion of active tuberculosis cases
diagnosed at autopsy. Autopsy data may be an important
complement to epidemiological data on tuberculosis frequency.
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Hrčak ID:
82893
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Datum izdavanja:
15.2.2012.
Posjeta: 951 *