Profile and treatment outcomes among young patients with tuberculosis aged 15-24 years in Faridabad district of Haryana, India.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study examined profile and treatment outcomes of young patients with tuberculosis (TB) registered at a district TB centre under the National TB Elimination Programme in Faridabad district of Haryana state in India.

Methods

In this secondary data analysis, we studied the records of young TB patients aged 15-24 years registered under a TB programme during October 2013-December 2017 in Faridabad district of Haryana state.

Results

We analysed records of 5257 young patients with TB. Majority (58.7%) were patients with pulmonary TB and most of them (83.6%) were registered as new patients. Majority of the young patients with TB (93.2%) had a successful treatment outcome, and patients having sputum result 2+ or less and patients who did not have a previous hist

SUBMITTER: Kamble BD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9528668 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature