Analysis of Chronic Cases of Pulmonary Tuberculosis with Special Reference to causesin Hadoti Region Kota, Rajasthan, India
Journal Title: Scholars Journal of Applied Medical Sciences - Year 2016, Vol 4, Issue 7
Abstract
Tuberculosis (TB) is a specific infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. The disease primarily affects lungs and causes Pulmonary TB (PTB).It can also affect intestine, meninges, bones and joints, lymph glands, skin and other tissues of the body. The disease is usually chronic with cardinal features like persistent cough with or without expectoration, intermittent fever, and loss of appetite, weight loss, chest pain and haemoptysis. This was an observational and analytical study, done with 50 cases of pulmonary tuberculosis failed on either Cat II regimen in RNTCP or retreatment under private sources were included in this study. This study was conducted in the Department of Respiratory medicine; Govt. Medical College and Hospital, Kota from 1 Oct. 2013 and completed on 30 Sep. 2014. The present study was carried out to know the factors that led to the development of chronic tuberculosis in patients of hadoti region. In our study, after one year study period we found that the Majority of chronic TB patients were chronic due to Default (60%), associated comorbidity (54%), Drug resistant (58%) either Mono or Multi drugs. Keywords:Pulmonary Tuberculosis, Chest radiography, Multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis
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Surendra Kumar, Babulal Bansiwal, Maneesha Jelia, Mukesh Kalera, Kuldeep Bijaraniya
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