Status of Tuberculosis and its outcome in District Tuberculosis Centre II Jaipur: A retrospective record base study
Abstract
Tuberculosis (TB) is a major public health problem in India. Its treatment is for quite long period so cases fail to take full treatment but in RNTCP with the DOT cure of the tuberculosis became easier. This present record base study was conducted with the aim to find out the status of tuberculosis and its outcomes in District Tuberculosis Centre (DTC) II Jaipur (Rajasthan) India. This study was conducted from records of DTC II Jaipur of year 2018. It was found that maximum cases were registered in fourth quarter followed by second, third and fourth. Outcome was mentioned in 94-99% of cases. Cure rate was achieved 88-90% whereas case fatality rate was observed 2-3%.
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Introduction
Tuberculosis is a public health problem globally. China and India account for more than half of the TB burden worldwide. 1
India has highest TB burden of world accounting for approximately 1/5th (20%) of Global T.B. burden having.2 It has 1.8 million new TB cases per year with 0.8 million are new smear positive and 0.37 million people dies due to T.B. Prevalence of tuberculosis in India is 5.05%. 3
As per RNTCP target4 – Target for Cure Rate is more than 85% and target for Failure Rate, Defaulter Rate and Relapse Rate are less than 5% for each category.
But there is very varied response from different parts of country about the targets.3-10 So to assess the status of treatment outcomes of tuberculosis in Jaipur (Rajasthan), this study was conducted on quarterly reports of DTC II Jaipur (Rajathan) India.
Conclusion
The present study concluded that the maximum cases were registered in fourth quarter followed by second, third and first. Cute rate was ranges 88% to 90% having maximum cure rate in second quarter. Case fatality rate was ranges from 2-3% with maximum death rate in first quarter.