Characteristics of tuberculosis in elderly adults: A multicenter French study

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M.-F. Trichet · Centre Hospitalier Intercommunal de Villeneuve-Saint-Georges

Jean‐Philippe Lanoix · Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Amiens-Picardie

S. Diamantis · Université Paris-Est Créteil

E. Forestier · Centre Hospitalier Métropole Savoie

T. Fraisse · IMT Mines Alès

J Brochard-Libois · Centre Hospitalier Saint-Nazaire

C Dokoula

Abstract

This study highlights the atypical presentation of TB in elderly adults and the continued use of standard quadritherapy despite low drug resistance. Weight loss, though nonspecific, appears to be the most prognostic symptom and is associated with delayed diagnosis and higher mortality.

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Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology Diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis Infectious Diseases and Tuberculosis

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Published in: Infectious Diseases Now

Volume 56, Issue 2, pp. 105226-105226

DOI: 10.1016/j.idnow.2025.105226

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Characteristics of tuberculosis in elderly adults: A multicenter French study

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