Abstract:

In order to analyze the clinical characteristics of tuberculosis patients in vagrants and beggars, the clinical data of 82 tuberculosis patients in vagrants and beggars admitted to the Tuberculosis Diagnosis and Treatment Center of Hangzhou Chest Hospital Affiliated to Zhejiang University School of Medicine from January 2016 to December 2020 were collected for a retrospective study. Of the 82 cases, it was found that 76 (92.68%) were male and 6 (7.32%) were female with the average age of (41.04±12.93) years old; 54 cases (65.85%) were of initial treatment and 28 cases (34.15%) were of retreatment; drug-resistant was found in 6 cases (7.32%), all of whom were retreatment patients; bacterial positive pulmonary tuberculosis was found in 61 cases (74.39%), and 21 (25.61%) were bacterial-negative pulmonary tuberculosis; 25 cases (30.49%) complicated with extrapulmonary tuberculosis. Of the 82 patients, 64 (78.05%) complicated with pulmonary infection, 14 (17.07%) complicated with HIV/hepatitis B/syphilis, 60 (73.17%) complicated with hypoalbuminemia, 44 (53.66%) complicated with anemia, 18 (21.95%) complicated with mental disorder/intellectual disability, 19 (23.17%) complicated with diabetes, 18 (21.95%) complicated with organ failure, 9 (10.98%) complicated with shock. The results showed that the pulmonary tuberculosis patients in vagrants and beggars had high rates of positive bacteria and retreatment, in addition, poor nutritional status, many complications, and serious illnesses were also found.

Key words: Homeless persons, Tuberculosis,pulmonary, Disease attributes