著者

小橋 吉博 松島 敏春 河原 伸 多田 敦彦 宍戸 眞司 矢野 修一 重藤 えり子 横崎 恭之 冨岡 治明 竹山 博泰 西村 一孝 塩出 昌弘 上田 暢男 倉岡 敏彦 印鍮 恭輔

出版者

THE JAPANESE SOCIETY FOR TB AND NTM

雑誌

結核 (ISSN:00229776)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.73, no.12, pp.705-711, 1998-12-15 (Released:2011-05-24)

参考文献数

14

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In this study, we investigated 45 foreign patients who had been diagnosed as having tuberculosis in Chugoku-Shikoku area during the past 12 years. Regarding regional characteristics, in Hiroshima prefecture an epidemic of tuberculosis was experienced among patients coming from South America, but antituberculous therapy was performed for 87% of the patients because of the high coverage of the health insurance scheme. But in Okayama prefecture, most of the patients were female and came from Asian countries, such as, the Philippines. Antituberculous therapy was not performed for nine patients because of no coverage of the health insurance scheme. In the other prefectures, only a few cases of tuberculosis were experienced, but in Yamaguchi prefecture two of three foreign patients were multidrug-resistant tuberculosis.