Abstract:

Objective To study the association of different kinds of tuberculous lesion in inpatients with tuberculosis from Tongzhou District of Beijing in order to provide information of tuberculosis for clinical physicians to decide diagnosis and treatment.Methods We analyzed retrospectively 638 inpatients admitted in Beijing Chest Hospital during 2006 to 2015. Questionnaire informaiton including sex, age, lesion kind were investigated and recorded from hospitalized records. The association of different kind of tuberculous lesion were analyzed using the Apriori algorithm of associated analysis.Results There were 39 kinds of tuberculous lesion involved in 863 sites in 638 inpatients with tuberculosis. The rates of 2 or more than 2 kinds of tuberculous lesion were 27.6% (176/638). Of 863 sites of tuberculous lesion, there were 459 (53.2%) sites in pulmonary tuberculosis, 145 (16.8%) sites in tuberculous pleurisy, 46 (5.3%) sites in lumbar tuberculosis,34 (3.9%) sites in tuberculous lymphadenitis,25 (2.9%) sites in endobronchial tuberculosis,21 (2.4%) sites in thoracic vertebrae tuberculosis. Fourteen associations were found when the confidence was set more than 10%.Conclusion About one fourth inpatients suffer from 2 or more than 2 kinds tuberculosis lesion in Tongzhou District of Beijing. When one kind tuberculosis is diagnosed, the other kind tuberculosis needs to be considered combination probably.

Key words: Tuberculosis, Algorithms, Data interpretation, statistical, Association analysis