Study of clinical profile of tuberculosis patients admitted in respiratory medicine ward at a tertiary care hospital in Marathwada

Abstract

Background: Tuberculosis is one of the most important cause of most of the respiratory diseases. It is estimated that about one-third of the world's population is infected with mycobacterium tuberculosis. It is important to know about the clinical profile of these patients. There are many studies which are done among OPD patients but fewer among indoor patients hence, the current study was planned.Methods: Retrospective study of the patients admitted in the inpatient department of the study area were taken as the sample size from May 2016 to April 2017, who were diagnosed as TB patients.Results: a retrospective study was conducted among admitted patients, which included data of one year. There was male predominance with male: female ratio of 2.89. major cause of admission was extrapulmonary causes. The HIV patients were more predisposed to extrapulmonary and diabetes than pulmonary tuberculosis.Conclusions: There is male predominance for admission cases. There is also increased cases of extrapulmonary TB admitted than pulmonary cases.

Clinical profile and treatment outcome of tuberculosis patients under programmatic management in a tuberculosis unit at a tertiary care center

“…4 The mean age of patients was 33.4 years noted in present study was slightly lower than the mean age 41.17 yrs of the patients observed by Bilagi et al 4 Majority (34.18%) of the patients belonged to the age group of 20-30 years. Similar findings were also noted in the study conducted by Bilagi et al and Ahmed et al 4,7 In the present study, 1811 (75.02%) of the patients had pulmonary involvement while 603 (24.98 %) patients had extra pulmonary involvement. Similarly study by Karir et al at Kolkata observed 33 (41.3%) cases had pulmonary TB, 41 (51.2%) cases had extra-pulmonary TB and 6 (7.5%) had both pulmonary and extra-pulmonary TB.…”

“…So, it is important to know the reasons for admission and also the profile of TB patients who get admitted so that we prevent further incidence and for early diagnosis, so, the above study was undertaken. 4 The program aims to achieve universal access to TB services with a treatment success rate of atleast 90%. To achieve this, it is important to examine specific clinical and demographic subgroups who might be at high risk of poor treatment outcomes and to provide special attention to them if needed.…”

Tuberculosis among Patients Admitted to the Department of Medicine of a Tertiary Care Center in Nepal: A Descriptive Cross-sectional Study

“…This finding supports the previous finding of pleural involvement (55% and 73%) as the commonest extrapulmonary site among hospitalized patients. 4,18 Diagnosis of tuberculosis remains a major challenge in the developing countries. 19 In 2018, only around half of all reported pulmonary tuberculosis globally were bacteriologically confirmed.…”

“…This finding supports the previous finding of pleural involvement (55% and 73%) as the commonest extrapulmonary site among hospitalized patients. 4 , 18 …”

“…3 In Nepal, around 69,000 people develop new active infections every year. 4 Human immunodeficiency Viruses (HIV) co-infection, smoking and diabetes are significantly associated with tuberculosis infection and attributable deaths. [5][6][7] Tuberculosis commonly presents with cough, fever, hemoptysis, anorexia and unintentional weight loss.…”