National Control of Tuberculosis: Does Primary Health Care System Play a Crucial Role in the Fight Against Tuberculosis?
Mustafa Hamidullah TürkkanıTarkan ÖzdemirÇiğdem Özdilekcanİbrahim Halil AkkuşPublished in: Turkish thoracic journal (2019)
The control of tuberculosis in primary health care is partially successful and insufficient. The rate of smear-positive defaulters was found to be high in young adult individuals, which indicates that the contamination is probably still going on at a dangerous rate. Furthermore, the overall rate of microscopic examination, sputum culture, and drug sensitivity tests performed in patients in the primary health care system is low and should be improved immediately.
Keyphrases
- pulmonary tuberculosis
- mycobacterium tuberculosis
- young adults
- end stage renal disease
- hiv aids
- newly diagnosed
- ejection fraction
- adverse drug
- chronic kidney disease
- risk assessment
- prognostic factors
- emergency department
- drinking water
- quality improvement
- patient reported outcomes
- hepatitis c virus
- hiv infected
- patient reported