Follow-up Study of Retreatment TB Patients with Sputum Smear and/or Culture Positive Two Years after They were Declared Cured with First-line Anti-TB Drugs in Shandong Province / 生物医学与环境科学(英文)
Biomedical and Environmental Sciences
; (12): 152-156, 2015.
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in English
| WPRIM (Western Pacific)
| ID: wpr-264606
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ABSTRACT
This study aimed to learn the recurrence rate in the retreatment TB patients with sputum smear and/or culture positive (ss+ and/or c+) two years after they were declared cured, and to explore causes of recurrence in order to improve long-time treatment outcome. 5 cities were selected as research locations. Recurrence of TB was judged by chest X-ray examination together with sputum smear and culture examination. Questionnaire was carried out to collect data on treatment history, demographics and possible risk factors. Chi-square test and logistic regression were conducted using SPSS in this study. As the result, 99 active TB patients were identified and the recurrence rate was 16.67% and irregular medicine and smoking were the causes of the recurrence. The retreatment TB patients with sputum smear and/or culture positive in this study had higher recurrence rate and health education work on regular medication and smoking should be strengthened.
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Health context:
Neglected Diseases
Health problem:
Neglected Diseases
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Tuberculosis
Database:
WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Recurrence
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Sputum
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Tuberculosis, Pulmonary
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Logistic Models
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China
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Epidemiology
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Risk Factors
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Follow-Up Studies
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Therapeutic Uses
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Drug Therapy
Type of study:
Etiology study
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
Limits:
Adult
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Aged
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Aged, 80 and over
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
English
Journal:
Biomedical and Environmental Sciences
Year:
2015
Document type:
Article