A study of anemia with respect to severity of tuberculosis
Journal Title: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RECENT TRENDS IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY - Year 2016, Vol 20, Issue 2
Abstract
Background: Tuberculosis (TB) may produce abnormalities in the peripheral blood, including anemia. TB and anemia are both prevalent in India. There is limited and inconsistent literature on the association between anemia and pulmonary tuberculosis in the studied area. This study aimed at assessing the anemia among patients with respect to severity of tuberculosis. Material and Methods: The study subjects included 100 patients above 12 years of age without co-morbidities of newly diagnosed cases of pulmonary and extra pulmonary tuberculosis diagnosed. Anemia was defined as per WHO recommendations as hemoglobin concentration less than 13 g/dL in men and 12 g/dL in women. Results: Out of the 100 cases of tuberculosis collected from our hospital, 55 patients were PTB, and 45 were of extra-pulmonary tuberculosis. Anemia was identified in 71 patients (71%) at the time of diagnosis of TB. In 38 patients, the hemoglobin concentration was less than 10 g/dL. Normocytic and normochromic anemia was most common, and was identified in 71.83% anemic patients; and microcytic hypochromic anemia was next common (19.71%). The presence of anemia was associated with age older than 62 years and female sex. Discussion: Anemia was found to be the common hematological condition associated with pulmonary TB and a strong predictor of mortality and disease progression.
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Laxmikant Chavan, Saket Kumar Mandal, Raju M Jotkar
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