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THE ELDERLY. Tuberculosis is more common in elderly persons. More than one-fourth of the nearly 23,000 cases of TB reported in the United States in 1995 developed in people above age 65. Many elderly patients developed the infection some years ago...
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THE ELDERLY. Tuberculosis is more common in elderly persons. More than one-fourth of the 19,855 cases of TB (7.4 cases per 100,000 population) reported in the United States in 1997 developed in people above the age of 65. Many elderly individuals ...
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Pneumonia is a lung infection that can be caused by many different germs, including bacteria, viruses, and fungi. This article discusses describes pneumonia that occurs in a person whose ability to fight infection is greatly reduced because their ...
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