Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Salah.Al.Deen province in 2007

Abstract

Three  hun dreds  th I rt-v
patients
stud I ed
di seas     from  I st  January to  I st December
I I I   Sa I ah-   I   f)een  consu Itant  c l nl c
for
respr ratory
them, and fal I S     n to two groups  5 '7 gyo of them were negati      sputum smear  and 4 ",  I      of
-2 007     ulmonary tulrrcul os ls  found
1n   I t 4  of
thcm harl  pos ri vc spu ium snleat. RcgarrJi nii
most of pulmonary tubercul osrs aascs had AS  followi
mycobacterium         in         putum smear,
#
tubercu losis  wals  ll)ore  co Inrnon  amongparients  aged  si 8  years
of M. tuberculosis  rodsand  two pati CN tS (+ 2   ) had Yery
llg
I 7 ( I 4 90/o
) had + 20 ( I 7 5
I ittle rods  Posi ttve pulmonary
) had
(46
) and male constitute
res I deoce,
comparison to 1 I  (48 8    ) of urban area.  'fhe
positive pu lmonary tu bercu losi S     27 (3 8%) of pat IENIS  were  fiom  rural  areas  In
48 5     of them and the odd ratto for mal c        lVaS  I .J  Regarding
o Id  which
found
lll  sevell
0.8.
mostly
Tuberc ulosis  case  detection  rate           lower  thiur expcctql,  and the    orking
odd ratio for urban         was  I     and for rural
affected.
Improvement
needed
1n  managcment  of 1rr bercrr losis  and  rehabilitation
8roup  ls
programs