A44 TOPICS IN BENIGN AND MALIGNANT PLEURAL DISEASE. Area E (Hall D, North Building, Lower Level), Moscone Center. Epidemiology Of Tuberculous ...
A44 TOPICS IN BENIGN AND MALIGNANT PLEURAL DISEASE / Thematic Poster Session / Sunday, May 20/8:15 AM-4:30 PM / Area E (Hall D, North Building, Lower Level), Moscone Center
Epidemiology Of Tuberculous Pleural Effusion In Galicia, Spain L. Ferreiro1, E. Cruz-Ferro2, F.-J. Gonzalez-Barcala1, F. Gude1, M. I. Ursua3, J. M. Alvarez-Dobano3, A. Golpe1, M. Toubes1, J. Paniagua1, J. A. Taboada-Rodriguez3, J. Soriano4, L. Valdes3, 1Hospital Clinico Universitario, Santiago de Compostela, Spain, 2Xunta de Galicia, Santiago de Compostela, Spain, 3, 4Fundacio´n Caubet-CIMERA, Mallorca, Spain
Objective. Knowledge of the distribution and determinant factors of tuberculous pleural effusions (TBPE) is incomplete. We aimed to describe the epidemiological trends and individual characteristics of TBPE in Galicia, Spain, over a 10-year period (2000-2009). Design. A retrospective, observational study based on epidemiological data obtained from the Galician Tuberculosis Register. Results. There were 1,835 cases of TBPE (16.3% of the total 11,241 TB cases reported), being the most frequent cause of extrapulmonary TB. The number and incidence of TBPE decreased significantly during the study period, from (262 and 9.6/100,000 inhabitants in 2000, to 133 and 4.8 in 2009, respectively; p
