Tuberculosis screening among health sciences students in Saudi Arabia in 2010

Murad, Manal Abdulaziz; Abdulmageed, Samia S.

doi:10.5144/0256-4947.2012.527

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“…Our study has shown an increased incidence of TB among young adult males (in both Group A and Group B), and these results concur with the conclusions of other researchers as well [ 16 ], [ 17 ]. We observed pulmonary TB more frequently than extra-pulmonary TB with predominant unilateral and apical lobe lung involvement.…”

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Population dynamics and tuberculosis: a cross sectional study of an overlooked disease in Saudi Arabia

Albishri

Masoodi

Adnan

et al. 2014

GMS German Medical Science; 12:Doc02; ISSN 1612-3174

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Population dynamics and tuberculosis: a cross sectional study of an overlooked disease in Saudi Arabia

Albishri

Masoodi

Adnan

et al. 2014

GMS German Medical Science; 12:Doc02; ISSN 1612-3174

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“…Table II shows fourteen studies with a total of 8,604 individuals from eight countries that were published between 2010 and 2020. Six from Italy (10,(19)(20)(21)(22)(23), two from India (24-25), and one, respectively, from Iran (26), Malaysia (27), South Korea (28), Uganda (29), Saudi Arabia (30) and South Africa (31). These studies were conducted from 2007 through 2019 and published from 2010 through 2020.…”

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“…The sample size ranged from 79 to 2,466 subjects. Seven studies (19,20,22,(26)(27)(28)31) were conducted amongst the medical students (31.8%), three studies (23,24,30) amongst the nursing students (13.6%) and four studies (10,21, 24,28) reported on both the medical and nursing students (18.2%).…”

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A Systematic Review of Prevalence and Risk Factors of Latent Tuberculosis Infection Among Medical and Nursing Students

Ismail¹,

Musa²,

Ithnin³

et al. 2022

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Introduction: Clinical training may expose medical and nursing students to workplace hazards comparable to those encountered by healthcare workers (HCWs). This study was designed to investigate the prevalence of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) and associated risk factors among medical and nursing students. Methods: Following the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) criteria, a systematic review was conducted utilising four electronic databases to appraise and synthesise the literature on LTBI which used the tuberculin skin test (TST) and the blood interferon-gamma release assay (IGRA). Results: Original articles published in the English language between 2010 and 2020 were included, yielding 14 relevant articles. The average prevalence of LTBI in high-burden countries was 38.2% for TST and 20.6% for the IGRA test. According to TST and IGRA findings, the average prevalence of LTBI in nations with an intermediate burden was 16.7% and 4.7 %, respectively. The average prevalence was 2.8% and 1.1% from the TST and IGRA tests for low-burden countries, respectively. A greater risk of LTBI was shown to be related with an increase in age among postgraduate medical school students, a history of Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) vaccination, origin from high-risk tuberculosis (TB) countries, increased hours of hospital exposure, a history of contact with TB cases, a high body mass index, older age group students, and a lower TB knowledge score. Conclusion: The available evidence from this review emphasised the importance of developing and implementing efficient and cost-effective TB infection-control programmes, particularly in high-burden countries and amongst students at risk.

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“…TB control programs should be able to manage those who are suspected to have the disease and provide assessment and diagnostic services. [9] In Iraq tuberculosis remains a serious health problem affecting 16,000 people every year . Each year around 3000 people in Iraq die from this respiratory disease and primarily spreads by coughing and sneezing [10] .…”

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Histological and Epidemiological study on Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Nineveh Governorate

Mahmood¹

2019

Tikrit J. Pure Sci.

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Tuberculosis (TB) is a common infection especially in developing countries and can involve almost all bodily systems. Iraq has been identified as middle TB burden country in the world. The aims of the study are to determine the main factors that lead to prevalence of TB in people living in Nineveh governorate, to study the histopathological effect of M. tuberculosis on the tissues. The objective of epidemiological study is to find the relationship between M. tuberculosis and age, sex, education level, occupation, type of TB and sectors of people living in Nineveh governorate. This study included 100 patients infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis ( 51 males and 49 females ) the age of the patients ranged from 1–75 years through the period from september 2010 to september 2011. In order to determine the main factors that lead to TB infection, data collected from all 100 patients infected with TB. Tissue sections were taken from patients with active TB from (lung, lymph node and breast mass) and fixed in (10%) formaldehyde and (4µm) paraffin blocks sections stained with hematoxylin and eosin or Ziehl Neelsen stain for histopathological examination. Data for epidemiological study of patients diagnosed with TB were collected from consultant clinic for chest and respiratory diseases in Nineveh governorate over a 16-year period (1994-2010). The results showed that The main factors that lead to TB infection were diabetes with a percentage of (25%) of the patients, followed by smoking with a percentage of (20%) . Changes in the tissues infected with tuberculosis is the formation of tuberculous granulomas .The result of epidemiological study showed that the number of Tuberculosis cases in Nineveh governorate increased between 1994-2002 and decreased between 2002-2010. The number of TB cases in males is more than in females . The main age groups infected with TB was the productive ages (15-34 years). Pulmonary TB is more than Extrapulmonary TB .The highest percentage of TB in sectors of Nineveh governorate (25%) for each of left sector and right sector, followed by (13.7%) in Sinjar.

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Tuberculosis screening among health sciences students in Saudi Arabia in 2010

Cited by 11 publications

References 9 publications

Population dynamics and tuberculosis: a cross sectional study of an overlooked disease in Saudi Arabia

Population dynamics and tuberculosis: a cross sectional study of an overlooked disease in Saudi Arabia

A Systematic Review of Prevalence and Risk Factors of Latent Tuberculosis Infection Among Medical and Nursing Students

Histological and Epidemiological study on Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Nineveh Governorate

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