PREVALENCE OF PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS IN CLOSE CONTACTS OF DIAGNOSED CASES OF PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS
Keywords:
Tuberculosis, Contact, Smear Positive, Smear Negative.Abstract
Objective: To find out the frequency of pulmonary tuberculosis in close contacts of diagnosed cases of pulmonary tuberculosis whether smear -ve or smear +ve pulmonary tuberculosis Setting: The study was conducted in Civil Hospital Karachi, Lyari General Hospital Karachi and OJHA Institute of Chest Diseases during a period of 3 months from July 2001 to September 2001. Methods: Close contacts personal data and demographic were noted. A detailed relevant history was taken. On completion of history, general physical and systemic examination was done. Finally all relevant investigation including blood CP/ESR, Mantoux test ( M.T), x-ray chest, PA view/Lordo-tic view if needed and sputum for AFB smear examination were performed and recorded on stan-dard proforma. Contacts were divided into two groups: (i) Contacts of smear +ve patients (ii) Contacts of smear -ve patients The data were statistically analyzed on SPSS version 10.0 for Windows and Fishers Exact Test was applied.Downloads
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2015-06-25
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Aurangzeb, M., Masroor, M., Ahmed, I., Qamar, R., Sattar, A., Imran, K. H., & Khan, M. H. (2015). PREVALENCE OF PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS IN CLOSE CONTACTS OF DIAGNOSED CASES OF PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS. Pakistan Journal of Chest Medicine, 10(1). Retrieved from http://pjcm.net/index.php/pjcm/article/view/257
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