Treatment outcome of smear-positive pulmonary tuberculosis patients in Tigray Region, Northern Ethiopia pptx

... study investigated tuberculosis treatment outcomes and predictors for unsuccessful treatment outcome in the Tigray region of Ethiopia. Methods: Medical records of smear-positive pulmonary tuberculosis ... outcome – if treatment of PTB patients resulted in treatment failure (i.e., remaining smear-positive after 5 months of treatment) , default (i.e., p...

Ngày tải lên: 15/03/2014, 03:20

... in our study. A positive sputum smear at 2 months of TB treatment was found to be the strongest predictor of treatment failure in our study. This is in agreement with Chavez et al’s finding in ... recommends diagnosis of TB treatment failure in resource limited settings by sputum smear microscopy at 5 months or later during treatment. 3 However, identification of th...

Ngày tải lên: 29/03/2014, 03:20

... and July 2007, as a record of all smear-positive patients undergoing treatment in the 2 6 treatment centres in that period. Those that had received treatment from pri- vate clinics or hospitals and ... sputum re-examina- tion at the end of the patient’s treatment is a much stronger indicator of treatment success than ‘ treatment completion. Further, data in one of...

Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 04:20

... functioning and well being of TB patients so that individual patient specific needs are addressed to attain the best clinical or treatment outcome, and thus increasing the likelihood of adequa ... 100-point scale. Statistical analyses The feasibility of conducting quality of life interviews among TB patients using the MOS in urban Uganda setting was evaluated by examining the...

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... studies include rates of ocular in- volvement among patients with pulmonary TB (PTB). Donahue in 1967 reported a prevalence of ocular TB of 1.46% in 10,524 patients from a tuberculosis sanitarium in ... are in- fected yearly [1], making it a major public health concern in the country. TB in the Philippines ranked fifth in the 10 leading causes of death and fift...

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... higher in patients than in controls. Low concentrations of serum retinol can be due to a number of factors, including re- duced intake or reduced absorption of fat. In addition, the infection ... The prevalence of low concentrations of serum retinol and zinc was significantly higher in patients than in controls. The low concentrations of haemoglobin and serum re...

Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 18:20

... TRC laboratory records. In addi- tion, trained health workers interviewed patients within a week of starting treatment using a pre-coded inter- view schedule to elicit information on their socio- demographic ... role of corticosteroids in the treatment of sputum positive patients with pulmonary tuberculosis in south India. Tubercle 1983; 64: 73–91. 19 Tuberculosis Re...

Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 04:20

... by the increasing incidence of HIV/ AIDS. In this study, we noted higher prevalence of PTB (7.5%) among HIV positive pre-ART patients. This find- ing is in line with studies conducted in Nigeria ... HIV-positive patients attending HIV/AIDS clinic of Gondar University Hospital. Clinical and laboratory investigations including chest x-ray and acid fast staining were used to ident...

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... in uence of concomitant HIV infection on the outcome of anti -tuberculosis treatment remained undetermined. This study was conducted to determine the results of treatment of HIV seropositive pulmonary ... patients expired during treatment. During the entire period of 30 months, including 6 months of treatment and 24 months of follow up, 61 (51%) of 121 HIV p...

Ngày tải lên: 29/03/2014, 03:20

... parameters in interpreting epidemiological data. Methodology and Principal Findings: To estimate the duration and case fatality of untreated pulmonary tuberculosis in HIV negative patients we ... prognosis of tuberculosis and open tuberculosis more specifically. However, the starting point of follow-up of most of these patients is unclear and the studies usually incl...

Ngày tải lên: 29/03/2014, 03:20