F J Ruiz López, J M Zarauz García, M M Ortiz Romero, J R Valero Martínez, C Peñalver Mellado, F Sánchez Gascón, M Lorenzo Cruz
OBJECTIVE: We studied the epidemiological characteristic of tuberculosis in Lorca area, drug resistant and the effect of the immigration population (Ecuador) in this area. PATIENTS AND METHODS: A retrospective study for six years ago (1999, January to 2004, December) was realized. Epidemiological data, initial diagnostic probability, mycobacteria stain and cultive, drug resistance, treatment response, and epidemiological differences between immigrants and spain population were compared...
July 2006: Anales de Medicina Interna: Organo Oficial de la Sociedad Española de Medicina Interna