SCREENING OF TUBERCULOSIS INFECTION THROUGH ACID-FAST BACILLI TESTS AMONG WASTE WORKERS IN GRESIK, INDONESIA.
| Autor: | Budi Utomo, Widati Fatmaningrum, Sulistiawati, Shifa Fauziyah, Chan Chow Khuen, Nur Fadhilah, Teguh Hari Sucipto |
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TUBERCULOSIS diagnosis
TUBERCULOSIS microbiology TUBERCULOSIS risk factors TUBERCULOSIS prevention PREVENTION of infectious disease transmission CROSS-sectional method HIGH schools MICROBIAL sensitivity tests RESEARCH funding BACTERIOLOGY technique SCIENTIFIC observation INTERVIEWING SPUTUM DESCRIPTIVE statistics MEDICAL wastes RESEARCH MEDICAL screening SEWAGE EDUCATIONAL attainment |
| Zdroj: | Folia Medica Indonesiana (2355-8393); Jun2024, Vol. 60 Issue 2, p127-133, 7p |
| Abstrakt: | Tuberculosis is a significant source of illness and mortality worldwide. Therefore, tuberculosis screening is important to identify active cases within a community. Bacteriological examinations can be used to initiate active community-based case finding. Waste workers are at a high risk of contracting Mycobacterium tuberculosis due to their constant exposure to waste. This study aims to conduct bacteriological examinations to identify tuberculosis infection among waste workers in Gresik, Indonesia. An analytical observational study was carried out in September 2023 in Ngipik Village, Gresik, East Java, Indonesia. The primary study was conducted using a cross-sectional design with interviews, measurements, and sputum examinations for all samples. The screening involved a total of 72 waste workers (n = 72) who had daily contact with various types of sewage and waste, including medical waste. The majority of the waste workers were male (65.2%), most were between the ages of 34 and 44 (27.78%), and their educational background was a senior high school degree (40.27%). Most of the waste workers did not have a family history of hypertension (84.72%) or diabetes (97.22%). The acid-fast bacilli examinations were negative in all samples. Nevertheless, this study concluded that it is imperative to carry out mass tuberculosis screening in various settings, specifically in high-risk populations. Mass screening can detect the potential of latent tuberculosis, thereby reducing its transmission. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
| Databáze: | Complementary Index |
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