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Frequency and predictors of miliary tuberculosis in patients with miliary pulmonary nodules in South Korea: a retrospective cohort study
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dc.contributor.author | Jin, Sang-Man | - |
dc.contributor.author | Lee, Hyun Ju | - |
dc.contributor.author | Park, Eun-Ah | - |
dc.contributor.author | Lee, Ho Yun | - |
dc.contributor.author | Lee, Sang-Min | - |
dc.contributor.author | Yang, Seok-Chul | - |
dc.contributor.author | Yoo, Chul-Gyu | - |
dc.contributor.author | Kim, Young Whan | - |
dc.contributor.author | Han, Sung Koo | - |
dc.contributor.author | Shim, Young-Soo | - |
dc.contributor.author | Yim, Jae-Joon | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2010-04-08T23:54:20Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2010-04-08T23:54:20Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2008-11-28 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | BMC Infect Dis 2008, 8:160-166 | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 1471-2334 (Electronic) | - |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10371/62757 | - |
dc.description.abstract | BACKGROUND: Miliary pulmonary nodules are commonly caused by various infections and cancers. We sought to identify the relative frequencies of various aetiologies and the clinical and radiographic predictors of miliary tuberculosis (TB) in patients with miliary pulmonary nodules. METHODS: We performed a retrospective cohort study of patients who presented with micronodules occupying more than two-thirds of the lung volume, based on computed tomography (CT) of the chest, between November 2001 and April 2007, in a tertiary referral hospital in South Korea. RESULTS: We analyzed 76 patients with miliary pulmonary nodules. Their median age was 52 years and 38 (50%) were males; 18 patients (24%) had a previous or current malignancy and five (7%) had a history of TB. The most common diagnoses of miliary nodules were miliary TB (41 patients, 54%) and miliary metastasis of malignancies (20 patients, 26%). Multivariate analysis revealed that age 25% of total lung volume increased the probability of miliary TB. However, a history of malignancy decreased the probability of miliary TB. CONCLUSION: Miliary TB accounted for approximately half of all causes of miliary pulmonary nodules. Young age, an immune-compromised state, and several clinical and radiographic characteristics increased the probability of miliary TB. | en |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.publisher | BioMed Central | en |
dc.subject | Cohort Studies | en |
dc.subject | Korea/epidemiology | en |
dc.subject | Multiple Pulmonary Nodules/*etiology | en |
dc.subject | Multivariate Analysis | en |
dc.subject | Retrospective Studies | en |
dc.subject | Risk Factors | en |
dc.subject | Tuberculosis, Miliary/*complications/diagnosis/*epidemiology/radiography | en |
dc.subject | Young Adult | en |
dc.title | Frequency and predictors of miliary tuberculosis in patients with miliary pulmonary nodules in South Korea: a retrospective cohort study | en |
dc.type | Article | en |
dc.contributor.AlternativeAuthor | 진상만 | - |
dc.contributor.AlternativeAuthor | 이현주 | - |
dc.contributor.AlternativeAuthor | 박은아 | - |
dc.contributor.AlternativeAuthor | 이상민 | - |
dc.contributor.AlternativeAuthor | 양석철 | - |
dc.contributor.AlternativeAuthor | 유철규 | - |
dc.contributor.AlternativeAuthor | 김영환 | - |
dc.contributor.AlternativeAuthor | 이호윤 | - |
dc.contributor.AlternativeAuthor | 한성구 | - |
dc.contributor.AlternativeAuthor | 심영수 | - |
dc.contributor.AlternativeAuthor | 임재준 | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1186/1471-2334-8-160 | - |
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