A Descriptive Study on Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Salahaddin Governorate, Iraq Sultan Hasan Ismail1,*, Khalaf Noor Alhudaa Sadoon2 1F.I.C.M.S, Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, Tikrit University-Tikrit, Iraq 2MB. CH. B. Salahaddin General Hospital-Tikrit, Iraq *Corresponding Author: Hasan Ismail Sultan, F.I.C.M.S, Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, Tikrit University-Tikrit, Iraq Email: Aymen.Abd.Altae@gmail.com
Online published on 19 August, 2019. Abstract Background Tuberculosis (TB) remains a leading cause of death in the world. Iraq is considered to be a middle burden country with TB Objective Is to evaluate patients with pulmonary tuberculosis in Salahaddin Governorate. Patients and Method The study included 140 patients with pulmonary tuberculosis, who attended chest diseases clinic in Tikrit during the period from May to August 2018. Pulmonary TB treatment outcomes were evaluated according to WHO definitions as new case, cured, relapsed, failed and defaulted. Results A total 140 pulmonary TB patients were included in this study with mean age of them was 42.7 ± 15.7 years. The males represented 51% of patients while the females were 49% of patients. Most of patients in this study were beyond primary school education, low income and displaced families represented as 88.6%, 90.7% and 82.1% respectively. Regarding outcome of treatment with anti TB; 78.6% of patients were cured, 7.1% of patients were relapsed, while defaulted and failed patients presented in 2.9% of patients for each one of them. Conclusion Pulmonary tuberculosis is still growing problem in this locality. It is common among low education, low income and displaced patients. Top Keywords Pulmonary tuberculosis, Salahaddin, displaced patients, TB outcome. Top |