Epidemiology of tuberculosis in Eastern Sudan
Epidemiology of tuberculosis in Eastern Sudan作者机构:Faculty of MedicineKassala University
出 版 物:《Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine》 (亚太热带生物医学杂志(英文版))
年 卷 期:2012年第2卷第12期
页 面:999-1001页
学科分类:1004[医学-公共卫生与预防医学(可授医学、理学学位)] 1002[医学-临床医学] 100201[医学-内科学(含:心血管病、血液病、呼吸系病、消化系病、内分泌与代谢病、肾病、风湿病、传染病)] 100401[医学-流行病与卫生统计学] 10[医学]
主 题:Tuberculosis Epidemiology Mycobacterium Sudan
摘 要:Objective:To investigate the epidemiological factors of tubereulosis(TB)in eastern ***:The socio-demographic and clinical data was retrieved from the database at Kassala hospital during the year of *** medical file of consequent patients who was discharged from the same ward in the hospital was reviewed to act as control for the TB ***:A total of 670 patients were registered at Kassala hospital with clinical,laboratory and radiological evidence proven *** TB accounted for 73.4%while extra-pulmonary TB was reported in 26.6%of all TB *** mean age(SD)was not significantly different between the cases and controls(670 in each arm).TB patients were those who had less education,and the infection more likely common among male ***:Intervention from outside the health field in particular awareness of associated risk factors and improvement of the educational level potentially will strengthen TB control.