Epidemiology of Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis among Inpatients, China, 2008–2017

Epidemiology of Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis among Inpatients, China, 2008–2017

We investigated the epidemiology of extrapulmonary tuberculosis (TB) among patients admitted to Beijing Chest Hospital, Beijing, China, during January 2008–December 2017. Of 19,279 hospitalized TB patients, 33.4% (6,433) had extrapulmonary TB and 66.6% (12,846) had pulmonary TB. The most frequent fo...

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Main Authors: Yu Pang, Jun An, Wei Shu, Fengmin Huo, Naihui Chu, Mengqiu Gao, Shibing Qin, Hairong Huang, Xiaoyou Chen, Shaofa Xu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2019-03-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
tuberculosis
extrapulmonary
drug resistance
risk factor
China
TB
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/25/3/18-0572_article

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