Characteristics of tuberculosis in elderly adults: A multicenter French study

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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Infectious Diseases Now
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2025-12-07
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.idnow.2025.105226
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Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology
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Characteristics of tuberculosis in elderly adults: A multicenter French study

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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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Université de Bordeaux (FR), Inserm (FR), Université Catholique de Lille (FR), Université Paris-Est Créteil (FR), Université de Lille (FR), Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Grenoble (FR), Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Bordeaux (FR), Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Lille (FR), Sorbonne Université (FR), Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Amiens-Picardie (FR), Assistance Publique – Hôpitaux de Paris (FR), NVH Medicinal (France) (FR), Hôpital Bretonneau (FR), Dynamique des Génomes et Adaptation Microbienne (FR), Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nîmes (FR), Bordeaux Population Health (FR), Centre Hospitalier Intercommunal de Poissy (FR), Centre Hospitalier Métropole Savoie (FR), Centre Hospitalier Sud Francilien (FR), Centre Hospitalier de Tourcoing (FR), CHU Dijon Bourgogne (FR), Hôpitaux Universitaires Paris-Ouest (FR), IMT Mines Alès (FR), Groupe Hospitalier de l'Institut Catholique de Lille (FR), Centre Hospitalier Intercommunal de Villeneuve-Saint-Georges (FR), Hôpital Charles-Foix (FR), Centre Hospitalier Saint-Nazaire (FR), Hôpital Tenon (FR), Agents infectieux, résistance et chimiothérapie (FR), Université de Picardie Jules Verne (FR), Université Grenoble Alpes (FR)
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