%0 Journal Article
%T The Role of Cigarette Smoking and Alcohol Consumption in Pulmonary Tuberculosis Development and Recurrence
%A Bari£¿i£¿
%A Bla£¿enka
%A Bingulac-Popovi£¿
%A Jasna
%A Juki£¿
%A Irena
%A Lampalo
%A Marina
%A Popovi£¿-Grle
%A Sanja
%A Safi£¿ Stani£¿
%A Hana
%J -
%D 2019
%R 10.20471/acc.2019.58.04.04
%X Sa£¿etak During a two-year period (2001-2003), 464 patients were treated for tuberculosis at Jordanovac Department for Lung Diseases in Croatia. Besides pulmonary tuberculosis in 97.7% of patients, patients were also treated for tuberculous pleurisy (0.9%), tuberculous laryngitis (0.6%), tuberculous meningitis (0.2%), tuberculous pericarditis (0.2%) and urogenital tuberculosis (0.4%). Out of the total number of patients, 57.3% declared themselves to be active smokers (men were predominant and made up to 80.8%) and 20.9% to be active alcohol consumers. Both risk factors, i.e. smoking and alcohol consumption, were present in 15.1% of all patients. The most common comorbidities were diabetes mellitus (30.4%), cardiac diseases (11.2%) and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (8.0%). Lung carcinoma was the most common malignant disease (n=51), with Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolated in 33% of them. Seventy-two of 464 (15.5%) patients had recurrences of tuberculosis. Of these, 30.5% had one of the risk factors (20.8% were smokers and 9.7% consumed alcohol), while 32.5% of patients had both risk factors. In conclusion, cigarette smoking was proved to be the most significant risk factor for development of pulmonary tuberculosis and its recurrence
%K Tuberculosis
%K Cigarette smoking
%K Alcoholism
%K Mycobacterium tuberculosis
%K Croatia
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