Factors affecting smear conversion in tuberculosis management
| Autor: | Aylin Babalik, Gülgün Çetintaş, Hülya Arda, Sule Kiziltas, Korkmaz Oruç, Haluk C. Çalişir |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2012 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
education.field_of_study lcsh:R5-920 business.industry medicine.medical_treatment Medical record Population lcsh:R lcsh:Medicine Retrospective cohort study Drug resistance medicine.disease sputum smear positivity sputum conversion Surgery Cardiothoracic surgery Internal medicine Diabetes mellitus medicine Tuberculosis management Sputum tuberculosis medicine.symptom business education lcsh:Medicine (General) |
| Zdroj: | Medicine Science, Vol 1, Iss 4, Pp 351-62 (2012) |
| ISSN: | 2147-0634 |
| Popis: | Setting: Inpatient clinic at Ministry of Health Sureyyapasa Chest Diseases and Thoracic Surgery Training and Research Hospital Objective: To identify risk factors associated with persistent sputum positivity at the end of 2 months of direct observed treatment Design: Retrospective cohort study concerning evaluation of medical records of 547 patients with smear positive tuberculosis treated at our clinic from January 2004 to December 2005 Results: Of 547 patients with AFB positive smears, late conversion occurred in 11.9% while early conversion in 88.1%. Males composed 54.7% of the population, 31.9% of the population was ≤25 years old, 37.5% had exposure to tobacco, 15.7% had any drug resistance, 8.9% had co-morbid diabetes mellitus and 16.0% had extensive radiologic involvement. Based on significant association between sputum smear conversion and smoking for more than 20 package/year ( [Med-Science 2012; 1(4.000): 351-62] |
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