Prevalence of Tuberculosis and Associated Clinical Features among the Population of Central Part of Bihar
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Abstract
Background: Tuberculosis is one of the top five fatal diseases mostly occur in reproductive age group. Infertility is the commonest symptoms in GTB cases. 90% cases of genital organ get infected by hematogenous spread. Big challenging problem is to be ruled out tuberculosis in asymptomatic patient in shortest possible time. Prevalence is high in either undeveloped or developing countries and less in developed countries. To be safe from tissue damaged in genitourinary organ and other complication it is essential to be ruled out in early stage. Culture and Histopathological examination are said to be gold standard. But there are many people who are physically and pathologically suspected but on the other hand confirmatory tests are usually fails to detect.
Methods: This study was carried out during January 22 to April 23. Upon 342 subjects selected by inclusion and exclusion criteria. This study is based on classification of patient on their symptoms and clinical history. Further classification of patient done on their pathological examination.
Results: In our study 45 (13.1 %) patients out of 342 are found positive. In which male and female positive cases are 5.8 % and 7.2 % respectively. We also found that there are many cases where due to lack of money only one person went for treatment and other all waiting for his recovery so that they can start their treatment.
Conclusion: Tuberculosis of any form should be ruled out in shortest duration of time to escape from different types of complication. Some can easily be identified by their physical appearance and pathological investigation but some are undiagnosed even after clinical history. There is not a single test available which can rule out MTB accurately in shortest duration of time.