Prevention of tuberculosis

Means-Markwell, Melissa; O’Neil, Kevin M.

doi:10.3810/pgm.2000.08.1184

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“…In 5.8% of the patients on R/P therapy had to be discontinued, whereas this was true for only 1% of the patients in the INH-related group. Thus, efforts to design a short-course of treatment for latent TB infection have met with difficulties and INH remains the mainstay of prophylaxis [30].…”

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Urban tuberculosis: The new face of an old problem

LaRosa¹,

Cutaia

2003

Curr Infect Dis Rep

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Tuberculosis (TB) persists as a worldwide health crisis. Nearly one third of the world's population is infected with TB and it remains a critical public health issue. In the past two decades, international efforts have focused on improving identification of those infected with TB as well as supporting molecular microbiologists in developing better diagnostic techniques. Furthermore, implementation of programs such as directly observed therapy have assisted more patients in receiving and completing therapy. This review aims to identify some of the more relevant findings in the field of TB over the past few years with a special emphasis on TB in urban communities.

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Section: Treatmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

Urban tuberculosis: The new face of an old problem

LaRosa¹,

Cutaia

2003

Curr Infect Dis Rep

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Tuberculosis Among Garment Workers in an Arabian Developing Country: State of Qatar

Al-Khal

Bener

Enarson

2005

Archives of Environmental & Occupational Health

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Tuberculosis (TB) continues to be a leading infectious cause of death worldwide, and it remains a serious public health problem in developing countries. To determine the prevalence of tuberculosis infection among garment workers, the authors conducted a retrospective prevalence survey of employees working in garment factories in Qatar from January 2000 to June 2003. A mass screening of garment factory workers was carried out by chest X-ray and Mantoux skin test at the Rumailah Hospital, Hamad Medical Corporation. The authors considered those workers with a purified protein derivative (tuberculin) reaction of > or = 15 mm to be infected with TB, or to have a latent TB infection. Workers with active TB diseases were confirmed by histopathological and mycobacteriological examinations. The authors studied a total of 2,774 garment factory workers, and they found 43% of them to be infected (reaction > or = 15 mm). The mean age of the infected subjects was significantly higher than that of the noninfected subjects (p < .001); 53% of the infected subjects were between 30 and 40 years of age. Indians and Pakistanis made up the most frequent nationalities among the infected subjects (50.0%), followed by Nepalis (44.1%). The prevalence rate of tuberculosis infection in garment workers was high. Overcrowding in factories and residential facilities increases the risk of TB transmission.

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Prevention of tuberculosis

Cited by 2 publications

References 8 publications

Urban tuberculosis: The new face of an old problem

Urban tuberculosis: The new face of an old problem

Tuberculosis Among Garment Workers in an Arabian Developing Country: State of Qatar

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