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The MODS method for diagnosis of tuberculosis and multidrug resistant tuberculosis
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米国で外国生まれの人の間で結核の長期的なリスク
P L Zuber1, M T McKenna, N J Binkin
1Division of Tuberculosis Elimination, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Ga 30333, USA. paz0@cdc.gov
JAMA
|July 23, 1997
まとめ
米国で結核 (TB) のリスクは,外国生まれの個人,特に5歳以上の到着者の間で上昇しています. 早期発見と予防治療は,結核撲滅の取り組みにおいて極めて重要です.
科学分野:
- エピデミオロジー エピデミオロジー
- 感染症 感染症は感染症です.
- 公衆衛生は公衆衛生である.
背景:
- 米国における結核 (TB) の発生率は全体的に減少しています.
- 外国生まれの個人は,結核患者の割合が増加しています.
研究 の 目的:
- 外国生まれの個人における結核のリスクを,米国での居住期間に基づいて分析する.
主な方法:
- 国内TB監視データ (1986-1994年) の横断分析.
- 検査された結核発症率は,年齢,出身国,米国在住期間,到着時の年齢によって層分かれました.
主要な成果:
- 高結核発症率 (>10万人当たり20人) は,入院後20年以上にわたって持続した.
- 5歳以降に到着した個人は,より早く到着した個体よりも2〜6倍高い結核病率を持っていた.
- 結核患者の45%は35歳未満で,18%は35歳未満で発生しています.
結論:
- 外国生まれの米国人の結核症例の大半は,輸入されたMycobacterium tuberculosis感染症によるものです.
- 最近の入国者は早期発見が必要ですが,長期滞在者の多くの症例は,より早い治療で予防することができました.
- 米国で結核の撲滅を達成するには,世界的な病気の負担に対処し,予防戦略を強化する必要があります.
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