Dynamics of tuberculosis in Wau, South Sudan during a period of armed conflict.

ABSTRACT:

Background

South Sudan has endured decades of armed conflict, with the most recent in 2016. This has left the health system and infrastructure overstretched by a myriad of infectious diseases like tuberculosis. Our study aimed at quantitatively and qualitatively documenting TB dynamics and challenges with access to health care during a period of civil unrest in Wau.

Materials & methods

A cross sectional study was carried out between January and February 2016 at Wau Teaching Hospital (WTH). Sputum was randomly collected from 207 of the 1035 TB suspects and analyzed using Ziehl-Neelsen (ZN) and Fluorescent Microscopy (FM), Culture, Capilia MTBC Neo, and DST. The laboratory results and questionnaire metadata were used for descriptive statistics, logistic regression in R version

SUBMITTER: Sobe Jermano Boyong C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6830182 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature