1. DEVENIR DES NOUVEAUX PATIENTS TUBERCULEUX PULMONAIRES A BACILLOSCOPIE POSITIVE A LA FIN DU DEUXIEME MOIS DE TRAITEMENT ANTITUBERCULEUX A LOME.
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Adjoh, K. S., Wateba, M. I., Fiogbe, A. A., Adambounou, A. S., Gbadamassi, A. G., Efalou, P. J., Boukari, M., Awanou, G. B., Wachinou, A. P., Kounta, C., Dagnra, A., and Tidjani, O.
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TUBERCULOSIS patients , *ANTITUBERCULAR agents , *HEALTH outcome assessment , *TUBERCULOSIS diagnosis , *FOLLOW-up studies (Medicine) , *TUBERCULOSIS treatment - Abstract
Aims: To determine the frequency of the tuberculosis patients with sputum smear-positive at the end of the second month of anti tuberculosis treatment and to analyze the outcomes of their treatment. Patients and method. It was a retrospective and comparative study from January 2006 to June 2008, based on the analysis of the registers and treatment cards in tuberculosis' diagnosis and treatment centers of Lome. New sputum smear-positive TB patients at the end of the second month (smear positive 2 months) constituted the study population. A comparison group was made with the new TB patients with sputum smear-negative at the end of the second month (negative smear 2 months). Results: The proportion of sputum smear-positive 2 months was 5.34% (163/3050). Cure rates and failure were respectively 69.3% and 17.2% for smear-positive 2 months versus 79.1% and 3.7% for control group. The death rate was similar in both groups (3% and 3.7%). Conclusion: The smear positive 2 month's patients have a high risk of failure and must receive special attention during their follow-up to improve the results of treatment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2013