Tuberculosis in 1991. A hospital based study

: A retrospective clinical, epidemiological study was carried out with the 53 cases of tuberculosis diagnosed in our center during 1991. The incidence rate was 4.4 per 1,000 clinical histories. Fifteen patients (28.3%) were HIV+, and five were marginalized illegal immigrants (9.4%). Seventy-three percent of the HIV+ patients and 42% of the HIV- patients presented extrapulmonary involvement. In-hospital mortality was 20% in HIV+ patients and 2.6% among the remainder.