Objective. The aim of this study was to
determine the clinical presentation of tuberculosis cases from our center for
the last nine years. Methods. This study was set as
descriptive and retrospective. The data was obtained from the hospital records.
Subjects who had been diagnosed as tuberculosis and received treatment in our
center between the years 2007 and 2015 were included. The cases were classified
as newly diagnosed, relapse, transferred, and returning after default. Results.
There were 276 (171 males and 105 females) patients
with a mean age of 41.5 ± 19.2 years. Pulmonary involvement is the most
common presentation and seen in 155 (56.2%) patients. Lymph node and pleura are
the most common extrapulmonary involvements those are seen in 53 (19.2%) and 23
(8.3%) patients, respectively. Number of the cases seems to decreased after
2012. Most (85.1%) of the patients were
newly diagnosed. Among the subjects, 55.2% of them had bacteriologic diagnosis,
35.1% had histopathologic diagnosis. Two subjects died during the treatment
period whereas 274 of them completed the treatment program. Conclusions.
Our results show that tuberculosis is seen mainly in the adult age group. While
pulmonary involvement is the most common presentation, lymph node and pleura
involvements are the most common extrapulmonary presentations. Number of the
tuberculosis seems to decrease for the recent years. Strict preventive measures
and treatment strategies should be administered.
Tuberculosis pulmonary involvement Mycobacterium tuberculosis extrathoracic tuberculosis lymphadenitis treatment strategy
Birincil Dil | İngilizce |
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Konular | Sağlık Kurumları Yönetimi |
Bölüm | Original Article |
Yazarlar | |
Yayımlanma Tarihi | 4 Temmuz 2018 |
Gönderilme Tarihi | 26 Ekim 2017 |
Kabul Tarihi | 14 Aralık 2017 |
Yayımlandığı Sayı | Yıl 2018 Cilt: 4 Sayı: 3 |