Abstract

A RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS OF TOTAL CASES OF TUBERCULOSIS ITS INCIDENCE AND PREVALENCE AND SPUTUM CONFIRMATION AMONG CASES OF RESPIRATORY DISEASE REPORTING AT ANANTA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES AND RESEARCH CENTRE, RAJSMAND, RAJASTHAN

Pushprajsinh Vaghela*, Swapnil Panchal, Harshita Kalal, Sherin Mary Rajan and Dr. Komal Sharma

Abstract

The infectious disease TB is communicable and is caused by the bacteria Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Both an active, developing sickness and a subtle, latent infection may emerge from it. Mycobacterium tuberculosis is communicated from one person to another by coughing or sneezing. Close contacts of patients have the highest risk of catching TB. It is estimated that a third of people on the planet have TB and that 5–10% of them will develop a clinical illness at some point in their lives. Tuberculosis is a serious global health concern. Globally, the condition of TB today shows that progress is being made, but not rapidly enough. In 2013, there were almost 9 million new cases of TB, or 126 cases for every 100,000 individuals. There are around 1.5 million people in the 360,000 of those who were believed to have passed away from TB tested positive for HIV, and 210,000 of them had MDR-TB. Nine research revealed the prevalence of bacteriologically positive pulmonary TB. On average, 24.5–1518 instances of pulmonary TB per 100,000 patients tested positive for bacteria. The prevalence of pulmonary TB among those who tested bacteriologically positive was 295.9/100,000. Compared to pulmonary TB, extrapulmonary TB is less common.

Keywords: Tuberculosis, Incidence, Prevalence, Pulmonary Tuberculosis, Mycobacterium Tuberculosis, Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis.