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Chinese Journal of Antituberculosis ›› 2005, Vol. 27 ›› Issue (5): 296-301.

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Systematic review of 20 clinical pathological conference articles on tuberculosis

He Quanying1,Zou Li.   

  1. 1.Department of Respiratory Medicine People’s Hospital of PekingUniversity,Beijing 100044,China
  • Online:2005-05-10 Published:2005-11-03

Abstract: Objective To explore the causes of tuberculosis misdiagnosis.Method 20 clinical pathological conference(CPC) articles on underdiagnosis of tuberculosis published in Chinese series core journals were searched by means of manual searching.The patient’s characteristics,final pathological diagnosis and the lessons of under-diagnosis were recorded.Results Among 20 cases with tuberculosis,13(65.0%) cases with miliary tuberculosis,8(40.0%) cases were incured by large amount application of glucocorticoids.Conclusion Clinical doctors should have high awareness on tuberculosis in order to reduce underdiagnosis.

Key words: Tuberculosis, Glucocorticoids, Underdiagnosis