Profile of pediatric TB patients registered under Faridabad District TB centre of Haryana

Kamble, Bhushan Dattatray; Malhotra, Sumit

doi:10.1016/j.ijtb.2021.02.001

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“…The data pertaining to paediatric years (≤14 years) and TB are described elsewhere and are not included in this report. 11 Data were retrieved until December 2017 as there were considerable policy and programmatic changes after this period owing to TB elimination efforts initiated in the area. After seeking permission from the district TB officer, TB registers available at nine TUs were accessed for collecting information regarding all the young TB cases registered during the study period.…”

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“…We performed a retrospective record review of all young (within the age group 15–24 years) patients with TB registered in the DTC of Faridabad from October 2013 to December 2017. The data pertaining to paediatric years (≤14 years) and TB are described elsewhere and are not included in this report 11. Data were retrieved until December 2017 as there were considerable policy and programmatic changes after this period owing to TB elimination efforts initiated in the area.…”

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Profile and treatment outcomes among young patients with tuberculosis aged 15–24 years in Faridabad district of Haryana, India

Kamble

Malhotra

2022

BMJ Open

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ObjectiveThis study examined profile and treatment outcomes of young patients with tuberculosis (TB) registered at a district TB centre under the National TB Elimination Programme in Faridabad district of Haryana state in India.MethodsIn this secondary data analysis, we studied the records of young TB patients aged 15–24 years registered under a TB programme during October 2013–December 2017 in Faridabad district of Haryana state.ResultsWe analysed records of 5257 young patients with TB. Majority (58.7%) were patients with pulmonary TB and most of them (83.6%) were registered as new patients. Majority of the young patients with TB (93.2%) had a successful treatment outcome, and patients having sputum result 2+ or less and patients who did not have a previous history of TB were found to be significantly associated with a successful treatment outcome on multivariable analysis.ConclusionThere was a high treatment success rate noted in young patients with TB. More focus is needed to patients having a history of TB and sputum result >2+. Targeted interventions can be designed for these groups in future programmatic strategies to reduce disease burden in this section of young population.

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confidence: 99%