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Abstract
Tuberculosis (TB) is a major cause of illness and death worldwide, especially in Asia and Africa. Globally, 9.2 million new cases and 1.7 million deaths from TB occurred in 2006, of which 0.7 million cases and 0.2 million deaths were in HIV-positive people. More positively, and reinforcing a finding first reported in 2007, the number of new cases appears to have been falling globally since 2003. Globally, the rate of case detection for smear positive cases reached 61% in 2006 (compared with the target of at least 70%) and the treatment success rate improved to 84.7% in 2005.
The aim of the study was to assess directly observed therapy that applied to diagnosed cases of tuberculosis in the period from January 2006 to cases which outcome ended in December 2012 in Giza governorate Chest hospitals as a tool for treatment and control of tuberculosis in the community.
This study included 21164 patients, 16234 pulmonary and 4930 extra pulmonary tuberculous cases.
1- Collection and analysis of data:
Comprehensive collection of data about all TB cases registered in El-Giza governorate from 2006 – 2012. The following data were collected for each year:
Name, Age group, Sex, Residence, Type of the patient, Diagnosis, Sputum examination, Culture result, Regimen of treatment and Treatment outcome.