Profile and treatment outcomes among young patients with tuberculosis aged 15-24 years in Faridabad district of Haryana, India.

Autor:	Kamble BD; Community and Family Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad, Telangana, India., Malhotra S; Centre for Community Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, Delhi, India drsumitaiims2012@gmail.com.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	BMJ open [BMJ Open] 2022 Sep 28; Vol. 12 (9), pp. e060363. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Sep 28.
DOI:	10.1136/bmjopen-2021-060363
Abstrakt:	Objective: This study examined profile and treatment outcomes of young patients with tuberculosis (TB) registered at a district TB centre under the National TB Elimination Programme in Faridabad district of Haryana state in India. Methods: In this secondary data analysis, we studied the records of young TB patients aged 15-24 years registered under a TB programme during October 2013-December 2017 in Faridabad district of Haryana state. Results: We analysed records of 5257 young patients with TB. Majority (58.7%) were patients with pulmonary TB and most of them (83.6%) were registered as new patients. Majority of the young patients with TB (93.2%) had a successful treatment outcome, and patients having sputum result 2+ or less and patients who did not have a previous history of TB were found to be significantly associated with a successful treatment outcome on multivariable analysis. Conclusion: There was a high treatment success rate noted in young patients with TB. More focus is needed to patients having a history of TB and sputum result >2+. Targeted interventions can be designed for these groups in future programmatic strategies to reduce disease burden in this section of young population. Competing Interests: Competing interests: None declared. (© Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2022. Re-use permitted under CC BY-NC. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ.)
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