| epidemiological and clinical patterns of intrathoracic lymph node tuberculosis in 60 human immunodeficiency virus-negative adult patients. | we retrospectively evaluated a group of human immunodeficiency virus (hiv)-negative adult patients with hilar and/or mediastinal tubercular adenopathy to assess their epidemiological, clinical and radiological features. out of 3,003 intrathoracic tuberculosis (tb) cases (of which 745 were immigrants from various developing countries) observed in our institute from 1986-1996, 8 italians and 52 immigrants were selected. case history analysis, and standard chest radiography were performed in all ca ... | 1998 | 9785811 |