Risk Factors for Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis Among US Veterans, 1990-2022.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To determine factors that put US veterans with active tuberculosis at risk for extrapulmonary tuberculosis (EPTB) compared with pulmonary tuberculosis.

Methods

We included veterans with laboratory-confirmed tuberculosis from 1990-2022 in our retrospective cohort study. Multivariable logistic regression was used to estimate the association of demographic and clinical risk factors with EPTB.

Results

Of 7493 veterans aged 20-100 years (median, 58 years) with laboratory-confirmed tuberculosis, 1397 (19%) had EPTB. The most common EPTB infection among veterans was pleural (31.4%), while meningitis carried the highest mortality risk at 90 days. Factors independently associated with EPTB among veterans were non-Hispanic black race/ethnicity, diabetes mellitus, human

SUBMITTER: Oda G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11639626 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature