Risk Factors Associated with Tuberculosis and the Impact of the Introduction of Genexpert on the Diagnosis of Tuberculosis in Presumptive cases of a Hospital in Nigeria

Abstract

Objective: To investigate the risk factors and impact of the introduction of XPERT MTB/RIF test on the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) in presumptive cases in a General Hospital in Nigeria.Design and setting: A retrospective study that examines the record of the hospital, from January, 2015 to December, 2017. A logistic regression analysis was utilized to identify the associated factors.Results: There were total of 753 TB cases out of a total of 3639 people investigated. The rate of TB was 0.207. The multivariable regression analysis revealed that TB was significantly associated with all age groups: 15 -24 years [odds ratio (OR) = 5.316,[25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40][41][42][43][44][45][46][47][48][49][50][51][52][53][54][55][56][57][58][59][60][61][62][63][64].HIV positivity (OR = 0.519, (OR = 0.437,, were less likely to have TB.Conclusion: Age group 25-54 is an independent predictor of positive tuberculosis results in presumptive cases.

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“…The results showed that pulmonary TB mostly affects productive age (36.02 ± 12,587 years) and most of them are male (75%) (Table 1). This result is similar to the results of a previous study in Nigeria which had a mean age of 35.68 ± 14.05 years and 68.1 of them were male (Kolapo & Famuyiwa, 2018). In both of these studies, the partisipants used is someone who comes to health services to get treatment for TB.…”