Original Research Article
Year: 2019 | Month: December | Volume: 6 | Issue: 12 | Pages: 369-373
Study of Demographic and Clinico-Epidemiological Profile of Patients with Pulmonary Tuberculosis in a Tertiary Care Hospital in Northern India: A Prospective Observational Study
J.B Singh1, Vaishali Manhas2, Shahbaz Khan3
1Asstt. Professor, Dept. Of Medicine, GMC Jammu.
2Resident, Dept. Of Medicine, GMC Jammu.
3Senior Resident, Deptt. of Medicine, GMC Jammu.
Corresponding Author: Shahbaz Khan
ABSTRACT
Background: Tuberculosis has recently re-emerged as a major health concern. Each year, approximately 2 million persons worldwide die of tuberculosis and 9 million become infected. India accounts for 26% of all new cases of tuberculosis in the world annually. At the same time, India dealing with the highest burden of tuberculosis in the world. In India, according to the TB India Report 2014 by WHO, 40% of the country's population carries the Mycobacterium tuberculosis (the TB bacteria) in the passive form.
Materials and methods: The study was conducted in patients of pulmonary tuberculosis reporting to Department of Internal Medicine Government Medical College, Jammu. Our study was clinical, observational and prospective study conducted over a period of one year.
Results: The present observational, one year prospective study was conducted on 110 cases of pulmonary tuberculosis presenting to tertiary care centre in north India. In the study, 74 were male (67%) and 36 were females (32%) with a male to female ratio of 2.01:1. Mean age of the study group was 39.49 years with age group of >18yrs Years. Most of the patients were from rural areas 64 (58%).
Key words: Tuberculosis, Sputum positive and negative, BMI, ATT.
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