Tuberculosis in the elderly
Vétillard, A.-L.; Cudennec, T.; Teillet, L.
SOINS. Gerontologie 96: 38-41
2012
ISSN/ISBN: 1268-6034 PMID: 22852503 Document Number: 658327
For people born in France, age is a major risk factor for developing tuberculosis.This curable pathology still has a high mortality rate which increases with age. Diagnosis difficulties, tolerance and compliance with treatment are issues specific to old age. An active policy of prevention, monitoring and training should enable the incidence of this pathology to continue to fall.