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[Infectious diseases in the adult population admitted to a general hospital]
José M Ramos1, Héctor Pinargote2, Diego Torrús3
1Servicio de Medicina Interna, Hospital General Universitario de Alicante, Alicante, España; Departamento de Medicina Clínica, Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche, Campus de San Juan Alicante, España.
Introduction:
To determine the infectious diseases (ID) that led to hospital admission of the foreign population>14 years.
Material And Methods:
A retrospective study of foreign patients admitted to hospital (2000-2012).
Results:
A total of 3,087 foreigners were admitted with infectious diseases. Of these, 73.6% were from low income countries, and 26.4% from high income countries. Most of them (86.9%) were admitted with common ID, 11.8% with transmissible ID, and 1.6% with tropical ID. Tropical ID and transmissible ID were higher in patients from low income countries (14.7%) than from high income countries (9.7%, p<0.001). The main tropical ID was malaria (74%). The main transmissible ID were tuberculosis (40.3%), hepatitis (27.8%), and HIV/AIDS (27.5%).
Conclusion:
Common ID were the main reason for admission in foreign population.
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