TY - JOUR T1 - Patients diagnosed of TB in the Ourense area in the last decade: A descriptive study JF - European Respiratory Journal JO - Eur Respir J VL - 40 IS - Suppl 56 SP - P2668 AU - Hugo Gómez AU - Abel Rodríguez AU - Isaura Parente AU - Blanco Nagore AU - Jose Abal AU - Pedro Velázquez Y1 - 2012/09/01 UR - http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/40/Suppl_56/P2668.abstract N2 - Objective: to assess the annual incidence TB and its epidemiologyMaterial and methods: retrospective study on patients diagnosed of tuberculosis during the decade 1999-2009. Data collecting was possible thanks to the “Programa Galego de Prevención y Control de Tuberculosis" The usual descriptive study was then performed based on these data; quantitative variables were expressed as mean ± SD, whereas the qualitative ones as absolute frequencies or percentages, using the χ 2 test to assess associations among them.Results: the whole series included a total of 1746 cases, with a greater incidence among males and those between 24 – 35 yr. Exposure to infected persons, smoking habit, alcoholism and immunosuppression were the main risk factors.The most common site of infection was pulmonary (67.5%), followed by pleural (14%), lymphadenopathies (7.1 %) and others (9.3 %). With regard to microbiology, the best yield could be obtained from culture (positive in 80% of cases), whereas the detection of AFB was positive only in 41% of patients.The chest X-ray was pathologic in 93.3%, even though cavitations were only present in 27.6 % of cases.The scheduled therapy was completed and microbiological cure was attained in 85.6 %, which fares favourably compared to other published series.The global death rate was 10.63 %, but only 1.1 % were attributable to TB.Conclusions:· The incidence of pulmonary TB has clearly decreased in the preceeding years, although it still prevails in males and in the 24-35 yr.-old group.·The “pathological X-ray with cavitation” was observed in 28 % of cases.·85.6% completed the scheduled treatment.· The global death rate was 10.63 %, but TB just accounted for 1.1%. ER -