TO STUDY OF DISTRIBUTION EXTRA-PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS PATIENTS ACCORDING TO SITES TREATED UNDER RNTCP IN KARAD TUBERCULOSIS UNIT

Background: The objectives were to describe the demographic and clinical profile and treatment outcomes in the National Tuberculosis Program Center of Duhok governorate. Methods: This was a descriptive retrospective study of all forms of drug-susceptible tuberculosis cases in the National Tuberculosis Program Center of Duhok. The Electronic Nominal Recording Reporting System data of tuberculosis cases were reviewed during 2014–2018. Information on the demographic, clinical, and laboratory characteristics of the patients were analyzed. Tuberculosis trends and treatment outcomes were determined. Results: A total of 1063 tuberculosis patients visited the National Tuberculosis Program Center, of whom 905 were from Duhok. The estimated tuberculosis notification rate per 100,000 people in Duhok governorate was 14.06, 16.16, 10.43, 11.05, and 10.34 for the years 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018, respectively. The most affected age group was 15–24 years. The male cases were predominant. Most patients (97.3%) were native Iraqi. There were 718 (67.5%) pulmonary tuberculosis cases and 345 (32.5%) extra-pulmonary tuberculosis cases; tuberculosis lymphadenitis was the most common presentation. The majority of extra-pulmonary tuberculosis patients were females aged 15–24 years (p = 0.019), and patients aged ⩾65 years were associated with pulmonary tuberculosis and extra-pulmonary tuberculosis in males (p ⩽ 0.001). The highest tuberculosis incidence occurred in winter (288 patients). The patient treatment outcomes were as follows: 90.7% successful treatment, 1.6% lost to follow-up, 6.7% death, 0.3 transferred out, and 0.8 treatment failure. Conclusion: There was a high frequency of extra-pulmonary tuberculosis, which may reflect overestimation in its diagnosis. Therefore, meticulous evaluations should be provided. The treatment outcome was satisfactory in the center. Hence, we should maintain the favorable work to attain tuberculosis control objectives. Performing GeneXpert for all tuberculosis cases and introducing culture and drug susceptibility testing should be an urgent plan to strengthen the diagnosis of susceptible and drug-resistant tuberculosis cases.

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To estimate the point prevalence of Rifampicin re-sistant tuberculosis in extra pulmonary tuberculosis patients' as detected by CBNAAT in a district hospital and to analyze the data using logistic regression mathematical model

Journal of Medical and Allied Sciences ◽

10.5455/jmas.109776 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 10 (2) ◽

pp. 104

Author(s):

Santhosh Rajamani

Keyword(s):

Mathematical Model ◽

Logistic Regression ◽

Pulmonary Tuberculosis ◽

District Hospital ◽

Point Prevalence ◽

Extra Pulmonary Tuberculosis ◽

Tuberculosis Patients ◽

Extra Pulmonary

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A study of extra-pulmonary tuberculosis and its outcome

International Journal of Advances in Medicine ◽

10.18203/2349-3933.ijam20170113 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 4 (1) ◽

pp. 209 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Ravikumar P. ◽

Priyadarshini Bai G.

Keyword(s):

Alcohol Abuse ◽

Pulmonary Tuberculosis ◽

Common Site ◽

Extra Pulmonary Tuberculosis ◽

Tuberculosis Patients ◽

Pulmonary Tb ◽

Medical College ◽

Extra Pulmonary ◽

One Year ◽

Tuberculosis Disease

Background: Pulmonary tuberculosis being the predominant manifestation of the disease extra-pulmonary sites can also involve as a result of dissemination from a chief focus. Extra- pulmonary tuberculosis is more common in HIV cases. The present study aims to determine the presentation and outcome of patients with extra-pulmonary tuberculosis treated with DOTS and to assess any difference in outcome of treatment in HIV positive extra-pulmonary tuberculosis.Methods: Data was collected from cases of tuberculosis patients diagnosed and treated under DOTS at Sri Siddhartha Medical College for the period of one year (during 2015). We evaluated extra-pulmonary cases and recorded sites of involvement in order of frequency. We also studied treatment outcome by recording as per definitions given by the WHO and also evaluated any difference in outcome of extra-pulmonary tuberculosis disease with HIV co-infection.Results: Extra-pulmonary cases accounted for 30.5% of total TB cases. Among 224 cases of extra-pulmonary TB studied, 136 (60.7%) were males and 88 (39.3%) were females. Most common site of extra-pulmonary tuberculosis was pleura (29.9%) followed by meninges (22.5%), abdomen (19.6%) and lymph node (10.7%) tuberculosis. Among these patients 82.2% completed treatment, 7.5% were defaulted, 9.9% died and 0.4% treatment failure. The most common reason for default was irregular treatment (29.5%) followed by alcohol abuse (23.5%). Among 8 HIV reactive patients, 5 patients completed treatment and the remaining 3 patients died during the course of treatment.Conclusions: Extra-pulmonary Tuberculosis accounts for 30.5% of the total cases studied. Pleura is most common site of extra-pulmonary TB in our study. Treatment irregularities and alcohol abuse are the two most common reasons for default. Co-infection with HIV seems to have a poor outcome on patients with extra-pulmonary TB and needs to be studied in large number of samples.

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