EXPERIENCE OF TUBERCULOSIS IN IMMIGRANTS FROM SOUTH EAST-ASIA - IMPLICATIONS FOR THE IMMINENT LEASE BACK OF HONG-KONG
EXPERIENCE OF TUBERCULOSIS IN IMMIGRANTS FROM SOUTH EAST-ASIA - IMPLICATIONS FOR THE IMMINENT LEASE BACK OF HONG-KONG
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DOI：
10.1016/s0954-6111(06)80083-1
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发表时间：
1991-05-01
影响因子：
4.3
通讯作者：
DAVIES, PDO
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作者：
NISAR, M;WILLIAMS, CSD;DAVIES, PDO
我们对居住在利物浦地区的东南亚裔(SEA)患者进行了一项回顾性调查，他们在1980年至1989年期间表现为结核病。在10年期间的708宗呈报个案中，42宗(6%)为海上病人，主要来自香港或内地中国。共有22名(52%)的SEA患者出现肺外病变。在获得药敏结果的患者中，有11%出现了耐药性。香港的发病率与英国的印度次大陆(ISC)人口相似。随着1997年香港回归，预计将有香港中国人和其他海地人移民到英国，每当这些人携带疾病时，所有临床医生都必须警惕结核病的可能性。海洋移民中肺外疾病的高发病率是惊人的，与ISC人口中看到的类似。
We have undertaken a retrospective survey of patients of South East Asian ethnic origin (SEA), presenting with tuberculosis (between 1980 and 1989) while resident in the Liverpool district. Of 708 notifications in the 10-year period, 42 (6%) were SEA patients mainly from Hong Kong or mainland China. A total of 22 (52%) of the SEA patients presented with an extrapulmonary site of disease. Drug resistance was present in 11% of those for whom sensitivity results were available.Rates of disease in Hong Kong are similar to those seen in the Indian Subcontinent (ISC) population in the U.K. With the expected immigration of Hong Kong Chinese and possibly other SEA individuals to the U.K. as a result of the lease back of Hong Kong in 1997, all clinicians must be alerted to the possibility of tuberculosis whenever these individuals present with disease. The high incidence of extra pulmonary disease in SEA immigrants is striking and similar to that seen in the ISC population.