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تواتر التدرن الكامن في المرضى المرشحين للعلاج البيولوجي في مستشفى بغداد التعليمي == The frequency of Latent tuberculosis infection in patients who are candidates for biological therapy in Baghdad Teaching hospital

اسم المؤلف: امل خالد علي

اسم المشرف: مصطفى نعمة عبد علي

الموضوع العام: الطب

السنة: 2018

الموضوع الدقيق: الجهاز التنفسي

الدرجة: دبلوم عالي

الجامعة: جامعة بغداد - كلية الطب

اللغة: الانكليزية

مكان الجامعة: بغداد

الصفحات الاولى: 📎 19T1514 - p.pdf

المستخلص: Introduction : Tuberculosis remains one of the biggest global human killers accounting for 9.4 million new cases of active tuberculosis and 3 million tuberculosis - related deaths with an incidence of 140/100,000 inhabitants. More than 90% (up to 8 million) of total TB Tuberculosis cases occurring in developing countries and more than half of all deaths (2 million) occurring in Asia.Aim of the study : To assess the burden of latent TB in patients candidate for biological therapy.Patients and method : A descriptive cross sectional study conducted at Baghdad teaching hospital during the period from the 1st of April 2017 to the end of March 2018. A consecutive sampling included 150 respondents candidate for biological therapy were included in this study Results : The mean age of patients was 38.9±11.4 years. TST was positive in 23.3% of studied patients. Significant association between positive TST findings and middle age group (p=0.05). A significant association was observed between positive TST results and gender (p=0.001). Also significant association between prolonged duration of the disease, and positive TST.Conclusions : The TST were positive in about only one quarter of patients with chronic immunomediated diseases who are candidates for biological therapy, and significant associations were found between age group , and TST results.