Prevalence of Tuberculosis among Household Contacts in Pondicherry: Active Case Finding Among New Smear Positive Cases
Introduction: The risk of transmission from the index case to its contacts is more in case of smear positive Pulmonary Tuberculosis cases. Any delay in diagnosis and treatment increases the risk of disease transmission to their contacts. Contact screening is important for early detection of transmi...
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doaj-60d35949c2844a9692fd6f67ec188d542020-11-24T20:44:53ZengLight House Polyclinic Mangalore Online Journal of Health & Allied Sciences0972-59972016-05-01151Prevalence of Tuberculosis among Household Contacts in Pondicherry: Active Case Finding Among New Smear Positive CasesKumar VA0Kalaiselvan G1Dongre AR2Department of Community Medicine, Annapurna Medical College, Salem, Tamil Nadu, IndiaDepartment of Community Medicine, Sri Manakula Vinayagar Medical College and Hospital, Puducherry, IndiaDepartment of Community Medicine, Sri Manakula Vinayagar Medical College and Hospital, Puducherry, India Introduction: The risk of transmission from the index case to its contacts is more in case of smear positive Pulmonary Tuberculosis cases. Any delay in diagnosis and treatment increases the risk of disease transmission to their contacts. Contact screening is important for early detection of transmission of infection. Thus, active case finding of TB is needed to identify the case yield among household contacts. This study will yield the burden of Tuberculosis among the household contact. Objective: To identify the TB suspect and estimate the prevalence of TB among household contacts. Material and Methods: A two stage cross study was done in 472 households of 157 ‘Index cases’ registered in the State Tuberculosis Unit, Puducherry. The study duration was one year and eight months. Data was entered and analyzed by using Epi_Info (Version 3.4.3) software package. Results: A total of 96 (20.3%) symptomatic was found from the 472 households contacts who participated in this study. Out of 90 symptomatics, 70 (72.9%) were symptomatic within two months of visit and 26 (27.1%) were found to have symptoms after eight months. The overall prevalence of tuberculosis in symptomatic household contacts was 4.3% and all tuberculosis confirmed cases were found at the end of in second month only. Conclusion: Considering the prevalence tuberculosis among the symptomatic of household contact to be 4.3%, their investigation to rule out TB in earlier stages is a need. It may help prevent further spread of M. tuberculosis infection in the local community.http://www.ojhas.org/issue57/2016-1-4.htmlActive case findingHousehold contactsTuberculosis |
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Prevalence of Tuberculosis among Household Contacts in Pondicherry: Active Case Finding Among New Smear Positive Cases |
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Prevalence of Tuberculosis among Household Contacts in Pondicherry: Active Case Finding Among New Smear Positive Cases |
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Prevalence of Tuberculosis among Household Contacts in Pondicherry: Active Case Finding Among New Smear Positive Cases |
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Prevalence of Tuberculosis among Household Contacts in Pondicherry: Active Case Finding Among New Smear Positive Cases |
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Prevalence of Tuberculosis among Household Contacts in Pondicherry: Active Case Finding Among New Smear Positive Cases |
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prevalence of tuberculosis among household contacts in pondicherry: active case finding among new smear positive cases |
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Light House Polyclinic Mangalore |
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Online Journal of Health & Allied Sciences |
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Introduction: The risk of transmission from the index case to its contacts is more in case of smear positive Pulmonary Tuberculosis cases. Any delay in diagnosis and treatment increases the risk of disease transmission to their contacts. Contact screening is important for early detection of transmission of infection. Thus, active case finding of TB is needed to identify the case yield among household contacts. This study will yield the burden of Tuberculosis among the household contact. Objective: To identify the TB suspect and estimate the prevalence of TB among household contacts. Material and Methods: A two stage cross study was done in 472 households of 157 ‘Index cases’ registered in the State Tuberculosis Unit, Puducherry. The study duration was one year and eight months. Data was entered and analyzed by using Epi_Info (Version 3.4.3) software package. Results: A total of 96 (20.3%) symptomatic was found from the 472 households contacts who participated in this study. Out of 90 symptomatics, 70 (72.9%) were symptomatic within two months of visit and 26 (27.1%) were found to have symptoms after eight months. The overall prevalence of tuberculosis in symptomatic household contacts was 4.3% and all tuberculosis confirmed cases were found at the end of in second month only. Conclusion: Considering the prevalence tuberculosis among the symptomatic of household contact to be 4.3%, their investigation to rule out TB in earlier stages is a need. It may help prevent further spread of M. tuberculosis infection in the local community. |
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