ABSTRACT
The authors compare the results of chemotherapy reflected in the proportion of recoveries of work capacity and the number of retired persons in two groups of patients--one including 102 cases treated between 1970 and 1971 by a 3/6 regimen, and another one including 91 patients treated in 1986 by a modern intensive 3 + 3 regimen. The data indicate better results with the 1986 lot as compared with the 1970-1971 lot. In the 1986 group there were no fatalities and the persons that recovered their work capacity represented 90.1% of the total. By contrast, in the group treated between 1970 and 1971 there were two fatalities and only 84.3% of all the patients did recover the work capacity. The number of retired persons decrease from 11.7% in the first group to 7.7% in the second. Temporary incapacity decreased from an average of 321 days to an average of 267 days in the second group. All these results were obtained by shortening the treatment from an average of 9 months to an average of 6 months.
Subject(s)
Absenteeism , Antitubercular Agents/therapeutic use , Tuberculosis, Pulmonary/drug therapy , Adult , Convalescence , Female , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Retirement , Romania/epidemiology , Time Factors , Tuberculosis, Pulmonary/epidemiologySubject(s)
Antitubercular Agents/administration & dosage , Tuberculosis, Pulmonary/drug therapy , Adolescent , Adult , Age Factors , Child , Child, Preschool , Chronic Disease , Female , Follow-Up Studies , Humans , Infant , Male , Recurrence , Romania , Rural Population , Time Factors , Tuberculosis, Pulmonary/mortality , Urban PopulationABSTRACT
The authors made use of maps prepared in the projection system known as the "Universal Transverse Mercator" (Gauss-Kruger projection) for the study of an epidemiometric indicator in tuberculosis, namely the instantaneous prevalence of bacili carriers on December 31 1978 in the Ilfov District. The representation allows to evaluate the density of sources of infection, and as a consequence, of areas in which antiepidemic measured have to be intensified. The extension of the study to other districts could provide data for assessing the epidemiologic potential in various territories, as well as comparisons and the dynamics of the potential. The method could also be used in the study of other epidemiometric indicators.
