ERYTHEMA NODOSUM AS ONE OF THE PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS SYMPTOMS OF THE PATIENTS OF ELDERLY AGE
Abstract
The authors gave the analysis of 18 cases of pulmonary tuberculosis of the patients of elderly age. The specific process of the disease development has been accompanied by erythema no- dosum. This shows the heightened aggressiveness of the infection nowadays. Granting the fact that the patients at the age of 60 and upward quite often have some somatic diseases, the onset of the erythema nodosum gives solid grounds to make a referral to patient examination on account of pulmonary tuberculosis.
About the Authors
A. K. German
Regional Specialized Territorial Medical Association «Phthisiology»
Ukraine
Zaporozhye
Ukraine
Zaporozhye
A. I. Akhtyrsky
Regional Specialized Territorial Medical Association «Phthisiology»
Ukraine
Zaporozhye
Ukraine
Zaporozhye
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German A.K., Akhtyrsky A.I. ERYTHEMA NODOSUM AS ONE OF THE PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS SYMPTOMS OF THE PATIENTS OF ELDERLY AGE. Pacific Medical Journal. 2003;(2):52-53. (In Russ.)
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