New Data from University of Stellenbosch Illuminate Findings in Tuberculosis (A Severity-of-illness Score In Patients With Tuberculosis Requiring Intensive Care)

摘要

2021 MAY 05 (NewsRx) - By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Disease Prevention Daily-Investigators publish new report on Mycobacterium Infections - Tuberculosis. According to news reporting originating in Cape Town, South Africa, by NewsRx journalists, research stated, "We previously retrospectively validated a 6-point severity-of-illness score aimed at identifying patients at risk of dying of tuberculosis (TB) in the intensive care unit (ICU). Parameters included septic shock, HIV infection with a CD4 count <200 cells/mu L, renal dysfunction, a ratio of partial pressure of arterial oxygen to fraction of inspired oxygen (P/F) <200 mmHg, a chest radiograph demonstrating diffuse parenchymal infiltrates, and no TB treatment on admission."