Epidemiology Character of Tuberculosis among Internally Displaced Persons in Tikrit City Ahmed Athraa Essa1, Azeez Azeez Mohammed Ali2 1Lecturer, Family and Community Medicine Department, College of Medicine, Tikrit University, Iraq 2Lecturer, Chest and Respiratory Disease Consultant Clinic, Tikrit, Iraq Online published on 20 March, 2019. Abstract Background Many factors may influence host susceptibility to tuberculosis (TB) infection, and increase the risk of developing the disease. Objective The present study screened the residents of seven camps to determine the prevalence of tuberculosis (TB) infection and disease among internally displaced persons residing in Tikrit city. Using a suitable questionnaire where filled for this purpose. Materials and Method The number of participant in the study was (n=164), the convenient sampling was used to choose the sample, they were 25 (15.2%) below 16 years old, while 52 (31.7%) from 16–30 years old, and 87 (53%) above 30 years. The mean age was 37 Results Signs and Symptoms, were (59%) cough, (37.6%) sputum, (33.4%) coughing up blood, (40%) fever, and (35%) were fatigue and weight loss. Of these we found 56 (34.1%) case had extra pulmonary TB, the majority 24(42.9%) with plural effusion, 7(12.5%) lymph node involvement, only 4(7.1%) skeleton, and 21(37.5%) others. The prevalence of TB in 2015 was 40/100.000, while in 2016 150/100.000, and in 2017 was 193/100.000 per year compared with 62/100, 000 in 2000, 74/100.000 in 2011, and 73/100, 000 per year in 2012, following years of armed conflict. Conclusion Only about 69 (42%) of patients in this survey were sputum smear-positive. Around 159 (97%) of patients in the current study either cured or completed treatment (successful treatment), While 28(17%) of these was treated for second or third time, 2(1.2%) had treatment failure and one patient (0.6%) was defaulted, 2(1.2%) cases has drug resistance. Top Keywords Tuberculosis, Epidemiology, Tikrit city, case study. Top |