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© 1992 Oxford University Press

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Tuberculosis among Institutionalized Elderly in Alberta, Canada

COLIN MACARTHUR*, DONALD A ENARSON*,{dagger},, E ANNE FANNING**,{dagger}, PATRICK A HESSEL{ddagger} and STEPHEN NEWMAN{ddagger}

*Divison of Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta Edmonton, Canada
**Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta
{dagger}Division of Tuberculosis Services, Department of Health Government of Alberta
{ddagger}Department of Health Services Administration and Community Medicine, University of Alberta Edmonton

Reprint requests: Professor D A Enarson, International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, Director of Scientific Activities, 68 Boulevard Saint-Michel, 75006 Paris, France

Previous studies in the US have suggested that the risk of tuberculosis is increased among elderly residents of nursing homes. This registry-based study determined and compared the tuberculosis incidence rate for the elderly in nursing homes and community dwellings in Alberta, Canada, over the 5-year period 1979–1983. Rate ratios (RR) using the community elderly rate as baseline, were estimated for all notified cases and for culture positive cases only. Adjustment was made for the variables age, sex, and ethnicity. The nursing home elderly in Alberta did not have an increased risk of tuberculosis: adjusted RR = 1.09, 95% Cl: 0.38–1.80.

Revised 1 June 1992


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