Incidence of post tuberculosis chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in a tertiary centre in Malaysia

• Main Authors: Ban, Andrea Yu-Lin, Mohamed Faisal Abdul Hamid,, Chong, GY, Syed Zulkifli Syed Zakaria,
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Pusat Perubatan Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2020
• Online Access: http://journalarticle.ukm.my/16272/1/10_ms0414_pdf_20256.pdf; http://journalarticle.ukm.my/16272/; https://www.medicineandhealthukm.com/toc/15/2

Pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are important causes of mortality and morbidity in Malaysia. The number of tuberculosis (TB) cases in Malaysia appears to be increasing and there were 500,000 Malaysians diagnosed with COPD in 2016. A substantial num...