1. Tuberculosis in an urban hospital setting: Descriptive epidemiology among patients at Kenyatta National Hospital TB clinic, Nairobi, Kenya
- Author
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George Nyale, Haggray Gichana, Linet Makori, Elvis Oyugi, and James Ransom
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medicine.medical_specialty ,Tuberculosis ,Epidemiology ,DT1-3415 ,RT1-120 ,Nursing ,Disease ,03 medical and health sciences ,Age ,0302 clinical medicine ,Medicine ,030212 general & internal medicine ,History of Africa ,General Nursing ,030504 nursing ,business.industry ,Public health ,Mean age ,Pulmonary ,Descriptive epidemiology ,medicine.disease ,Kenya ,Family medicine ,Case finding ,0305 other medical science ,business ,Developed country ,Urban hospital - Abstract
Background: The prevalence of tuberculosis (TB) in low-to-middle-income countries is larger than that observed in developed countries. This study aimed to characterize TB disease among patients diagnosed at Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) in Nairobi, Kenya, for public health action. Methods: We conducted a descriptive cross-sectional study at KNH TB clinic from January to December 2015. Data were extracted from TB clinic in- and out-patient registers, entered into MS-Excel, and descriptive and associative statistics were calculated with Open-Epi software. Results: A total of 1,551 TB cases were identified, with mean age of 31.5 ± 16.5 years, and 771 (49.7%) were
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- 2021