Study of Prevalence of Rifampicin resistance among cases of pulmonary Tuberculosis at tertiary care center

2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 48-50
Author(s):  
Anjali surykant Deshmukh ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Pulmonary Tuberculosis ◽  
Care Center ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Rifampicin Resistance ◽  
Tertiary Care Center

scholarly journals Presumptive pulmonary tuberculosis and its associated factors among adult patients availing out-patient services in a tertiary care center, Puducherry, South India

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (7) ◽  
pp. 2703
Author(s):  
Mathavaswami Vijayageetha ◽  
Arunima Sen ◽  
Sadhana Subramanian ◽  
M. Anuja ◽  
Jha Anushree ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Weight Loss ◽  
Pulmonary Tuberculosis ◽  
Care Center ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Prevalence Ratio ◽  
Tertiary Care Center ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Hospital Policy ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Subjective Weight

Background: In line with WHO’s END TB strategy and Sustainable Development Goal’s vision, India has set a goal to eliminate tuberculosis by 2025. To meet this goal, intensified case finding is a strategy adopted by India’s national tuberculosis program. This study aimed to determine the proportion of presumptive pulmonary tuberculosis (PPTB) patients among outpatients of a tertiary care center and its association with socio-demographic and behavioral factors.Methods: A hospital based cross-sectional analytical study was done in a tertiary care center during November 2017 among outpatients aged 18 years or above. Known cases of tuberculosis (TB) were excluded. Information on socio-demographic characteristics and TB symptoms was collected using a structured questionnaire. A person with any symptom suggestive of TB, including, cough of any duration, subjective weight loss, and fever at present was considered to have PPTB. Presence of PPTB was reported as proportion with 95% confidence intervals. Association between variables and presumptive pulmonary TB was assessed using chi square test and prevalence ratio with 95% CI.Results: Among 2638 outpatients, 907 (34%) had PPTB. Cough was the most reported symptom (22.9%); followed by fever (10.0%), weight loss (13.9%) and hemoptysis (0.9%). PPTB was found to be significantly higher among males, smokers, alcohol users and patients having a history of contact with any TB patient.Conclusions: One-third of the outpatients had PPTB and this was high. A screening procedure could be incorporated within the hospital policy to identify outpatients with symptoms of TB. 

scholarly journals The diagnostic yield and safety of sputum induction in suspected pulmonary tuberculosis: The experience of a single tertiary care center in Saudi Arabia

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 388
Author(s):  
Hamdan Al-Jahdali ◽  
MohammedAyaz Khan ◽  
Rajkumar Rajendram ◽  
Abdullah Al-Harbi ◽  
Majed Al-Ghamdi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Pulmonary Tuberculosis ◽  
Diagnostic Yield ◽  
Care Center ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Tertiary Care Center ◽  
Sputum Induction
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