Hamdi Kaziz|Alireza Shoae Hassani|Abbas Akhavan Sepahi
Frequency of tuberculosis in the biggest island of the Persian Gulf
Islamic Azad University, Tehran|Islamic Azad University of Farahan|Islamic Azad University North Tehran Branch
background despite availability antituberculosis drugs almost 50 years tuberculosis tb continues exert enormous toll world health incidence tb increasing world qeshm represents region south iran biggest island persian gulf 23 thousands inhabitants long tradition tb control including centralization bacteriological diagnostic facility present study intended analyze transmission mycobacterium tuberculosis combination conventional epidemiological approaches methods mycobacterium tuberculosis analyzed study collected health care center qeshm iran total 81 new bacteriologically verified tb cases registered qeshm island 2003 2008 isolates examined susceptibility ethambutol isoniazid streptomycin rifampin pyrazinamide using radiometric culture system bactec data obtained cultures analyses interpreted using demographic data age sex ethnicity residence patients risk factors among patients part active chain transmission opposed demonstrating reactivation previously acquired latent infection estimated statistical analyses spss results total 81 clinical isolates belonging patients pulmonary extra pulmonary tuberculosis collected jan 2003 nov 2008 incidence tuberculosis female 259 male 741 survey observed 471 immigrated afghans 391 pakistanis infected tuberculosis regarding literacy 57 unlettered 917 people referring health center new patients 688 people infected pulmonary tuberculosis peoples 60 year highest group infected pulmonary tuberculosis 304 age groups 3044 highest cases infection external pulmonary tuberculosis major chains recent transmission localized distinct geographical regions area conclusion tb frequent among immigrants especially afghanistan pakistan apparently readily suspected diagnosed treated health care system indigenous patients pulmonary symptoms primarily suspected tb therefore play important role recent tb transmission qeshm abstracts supplementinternational journal infectious diseasesvol 14preview fulltext pdf open archive