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ArticleMicrobiology insights2019

Pulmonary Versus Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis Associated Factors: A Case-Case Study.

Alberto Arnedo-Pena, Maria Angeles Romeu-Garcia, Noemi Meseguer-Ferrer, Iraya Vivas-Fornas, Ana Vizcaino-Batllés, Lourdes Safont-Adsuara, Juan Bautista Bellido-Blasco, Rosario Moreno-Muñoz

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Article in Microbiology insights, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Alberto Arnedo-PenaEpidemiology Division, Public Health Center, Castellon, Spain.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1071-0984
Maria Angeles Romeu-GarciaEpidemiology Division, Public Health Center, Castellon, Spain.
Noemi Meseguer-FerrerEpidemiology Division, Public Health Center, Castellon, Spain.
Iraya Vivas-FornasService of Surgery, General Hospital, Castellon, Spain.
Ana Vizcaino-BatllésEpidemiology Division, Public Health Center, Castellon, Spain.
Lourdes Safont-AdsuaraEpidemiology Division, Public Health Center, Castellon, Spain.
Juan Bautista Bellido-BlascoEpidemiology Division, Public Health Center, Castellon, Spain.
Rosario Moreno-MuñozMicrobiology Laboratory, General Hospital, Castellon, Spain.
Hospital General Universitari de Castelló · ESCentro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Epidemiología y Salud Pública · ESUniversitat Jaume I · ES

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundTuberculosis (TB) incidence remains low in health departments of Castellon and La Plana-Vila-real, but TB elimination is challenging. The objective of this study was to estimate associated factors of pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) compared with extrapulmonary tuberculosis (ETB) and investigate epidemiological characteristics of these pathologies to orient control and prevention actions. MATERIALS AND

methodsA prospective case-case study was implemented by comparing PTB and ETB incidences during 2013-2016 from notification reports, epidemiological surveillance, and microbiological results of hospitals' laboratories Hospital General Castellon and La Plana-Vila-Real in the province of Castellon of Valencia region in Spain. In this design, cases were patients with PTB and controls were patients with ETB. Directed acyclic graph approach was used for selection of potential risk and confounding factors. Adjusted odds ratios (AORs) were estimated by logistic regression models.

resultsThe study included 136 patients with PTB and 57 patients with ETB, with microbiological confirmation of 93.4% and 52.6%, and the annual median of incidence rates were 7.5 and 3.1 per 100 000 inhabitants, respectively. In general, patients with PTB were younger with higher male proportion than patients with ETB. Risk factors of PTB were smoking tobacco (AOR = 3.98; 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.66-9.56), social problems (social marginalization, homeless, residence in shelters for the poor, or stay in prison) (AOR = 3.39; 95% CI = 1.05-10.94), and contact with patients with TB (AOR = 2.51; 95% CI = 1.06-5.95). No-smoking tobacco and no-drug abuse interaction decrease PTB risk (AOR = 0.27; 95% CI = 0.12-0.64). From these results, specific measures of health promotion and prevention can be addressed.

conclusionsThe estimated associated factors of PTB may be prevented, and it was demonstrated that the case-case design is useful in the study of TB.

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