A study of tuberculosis cases diagnosed at a tertiary health care centre
Journal Title: Medpulse International Journal of Community Medicine - Year 2018, Vol 6, Issue 1
Abstract
Background: Tuberculosis is an important public health problem in India and other developing countries. It is caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Tuberculosis affects virtually each and every system of body. Aim and Objective: To study the epidemiology of tuberculosis cases diagnosed at tertiary health care centre. Methodology: Patients diagnosed as a case of tuberculosis in the tertiary care center were studied. Data collection includes socio-demographic data, clinical data like category of patient, investigations and treatment received. Results and Discussion: Majority of patients were in age group 21-40 years (45.51%). Male to female ratio in our study was 1.78. Eighty-five percent patients were classified as new patients. Failure and defaulter constitute 15.87% of total cases. Out of 145 patients 100 (68.96%) were sputum negative. 58.62% patients were having extra-pulmonary TB 41.38% patients were of pulmonary TB.
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Herkar Ravindra Shivraj, Nilesh Bendale
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