Admission rates for respiratory conditions and other infections according to HTLV-1 serostatus.

Admission rates for 1317 adult Indigenous residents of central Australia 2005–2010 admitted to Alice Springs Hospital with respiratory conditions and infections. Excluding patients who died prior to 2005 and those residing outside central Australia for whom admission data was incomplete.a Identified by ICD-10 AM code. Bronchiectasis was confirmed by chest high resolution computed tomography.b LRTI other than pneumonia.c Identified by ICD-10 AM coding with the exception of BSI episodes.d The number of blood cultures that yielded a significant pathogen as defined in methods.Abbreviations: BSI, blood stream infection; COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; LRTI, lower respiratory tract infection.