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标题：A Study on Epidemiological Parameters of Tuberculosis among Treated Patients in an Urban Area of Pune, Maharashtra
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作者：Balkrishna S Lanjewar ; Devidas T Khedkar ; Jitendra S Bhawalkar 等
期刊名称：National Journal of Community Medicine
印刷版ISSN：0976-3325
电子版ISSN：2229-6816
出版年度：2018
卷号：9
期号：1
页码：56-59
出版社：National Journal of Community Medicine
摘要："Background: Tuberculosis, an ancient infectious disease, affects all persons and all organs of human body. Various parameters of tu-berculosis are studied worldwide to assess the epidemiological profile of TB in relation to patients under treatment, with varied results. This study was intended to assess the profile of tuberculosis parameters in relation to treated patients under RNTCP in an urban area, as it was not done here in the recent past. Materials and methods: It’s an observational and combined retro-spective-prospective cohort study, carried on 429 tuberculosis patients. Data was collected by trained personnel in structured and pretested formats from a Tuberculosis Unit, under which patients were receiving treatment and through direct visits and interviews with patients. The statistical analysis was done by subjecting data to ‘EPI INFO’ and WIN PEPI software. Results: Of all 429 patients, 66% were male, 62% pulmonary, 78% new and 56% belonged to 15-34 year age group and sputum con-version rates were 89% and 51% for new and retreatment cases re-spectively. Conclusions: The proportion of tuberculosis is found to be signifi-cantly higher in males, adults, pulmonary type and in new cate-gory.
关键词：Tuberculosis; parameters; Pulmonary; Sputum positive; extra pulmonary; Sputum conversion; RNTCP