Socio-economic status and the duration of pulmonary tuberculosis symptoms in women treated at the Mazovian Treatment Centre of Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases in Otwock.

CONCLUSIONS: The majority of women with tuberculosis in the Mazovian district are single, over 40 years old, unemployed inhabitants of cities. 30% of women in the study group had had symptoms for more than 6 months before tuberculosis was diagnosed. 40% of women with tuberculosis had very extensive radiological changes covering 4 to 6 lung fields. PMID: 24391065 [PubMed - in process]

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24391065?dopt=Abstract

Source: Pneumonologia i Alergologia Polska - January 17, 2014 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Błachnio M, Zielonka TM, Błachnio A, Jagodziński J Tags: Pneumonol Alergol Pol Source Type: research