Frequency Distribution and Treatment Outcomes of Suspected Tuberculosis Patients at Civil Hospital Barikot Swat, Pakistan

Ahmad, Tauseef and Abdul Majid, Haroon Abdul and Hussain, Akbar and Waqar, Muhammad and Ullah, Najeeb and Ullah, Tariq (2015) Frequency Distribution and Treatment Outcomes of Suspected Tuberculosis Patients at Civil Hospital Barikot Swat, Pakistan. Egyptian Academic Journal of Biological Sciences, G. Microbiology, 7 (1). pp. 77-82. ISSN 2090-0880

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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.21608/eajbsg.2015.16488

Abstract

Tuberculosis
(TB) is one of the major public health problems all over the world especially
in developing countries. The current study was design to assess the frequency
distribution of suspected TB patients and find out the treatment success rate
at Civil Hospital Barikot, Swat Pakistan. A retrospective study was conducted
from 1st January 2014 to 31st December 2014. A total of
211 suspected TB patients comprised male to female ratio was (44.08%) and
(55.92%) respectively were included in the study. Among the total registered
patients (40.28%) were pulmonary tuberculosis positive (PTB +ve), (33.65%) were
pulmonary tuberculosis negative (PTB –ve) and (26.07%) were extra-pulmonary
tuberculosis (EPTB). In term of treatment outcomes, (21.33%) were cured and
(76.78%) were treatment completed while all the registered cases were new
cases. It was concluded that the treatment success rate was notified high
(98.1%).

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	Institute Archives > Biological Science
Depositing User:	Managing Editor
Date Deposited:	11 Oct 2023 03:53
Last Modified:	11 Oct 2023 03:53
URI:	http://eprint.subtopublish.com/id/eprint/2660

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