著者

佐藤 博 大泉 耕太郎 本宮 雅吉 今野 淳

出版者

JAPANESE SOCIETY FOR TUBERCULOSIS

雑誌

結核 (ISSN:00229776)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.63, no.7, pp.501-505, 1988

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The process to the final diagnosis of tuberculosis was investigated in399cases which had been newly diagnosed as pulmonary tuberculosis by bacteriological and/or histological findings.Of these399cases71.9%were over40years old and31.6%were detected by the mass survey.Cavities were found in47.6%on chestX-ray film. Diabetes mellitus was complicated in14.8%of these cases and these patients were older and the cavities on chest X-ray film were more frequent as compared with non-diabetic tuberculous patients. Antibiotics had been administered in14.8%before the diagnosis of tuberculosis.Broncho scopy including transbronchial lung biopsy (TBLB) was useful for the diagnosis of tuberculosis in38cases.Tuberculosis was confirmed histologically in resected lung tissues in40cases.The majority of these histologically-proven cases had been detected by the mass survey and their pathological findings on chest X-ray films were found in upper and middle field of the lungs.