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In t his study, it was aimed to retrospectively
evaluate demographic and clinical characteristics,
rate of notification, and distribution of patients
by provinces and other characteristics of the
patients diagnosed with tuberculosis (TB) in the
Dicle University Hospital between 2008–2009 years.
A total of 413 cases diagnosed with TB were
included into the study. It was established that
46.7% of the cases were males, 53.5% of the
cases were females, and that 46.7% had pulmonary
TB, 53.3% had extra pulmonary tuberculosis
(EPTB). The prevalence of EPTB was observed to
be statistically higher in females with respect to
males (p<0.005). Of totally 220 cases with EPTB,
50% was seen to have pleural and lymph node TB.
In the cases with pulmonary TB (PTB) in our study,
the rate of smear positive was determined to be
69.5 per cent. We also found that the diagnosis
was made microscopically on 37%, histopathologically
on 32.2% and clinically- radiologically on
30.8% of all cases.
It was seen that 51.6% of the cases were
diagnosed in the Chest Diseases Clinic of our
hospital. It was also established that 53.3% had come from other provinces outside of Diyarbakir
and had been hospitalized for 15 days and treated.
Despite all goodwill, efforts to cooperate and
official applications, the rate of information has
remained at 25.7%, which was only orally.
In conclusion, in order that the National TB
Control Programme could be successful, it is
necessary to enhance the cooperation between
the institutions and to hold more education
programmes and more TB information meeting
for more public awareness regarding TB.
Other ID | JA35VS36SB |
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Journal Section | Research Article |
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Publication Date | May 1, 2011 |
Published in Issue | Year 2011 Volume: 25 Issue: 1 |