title: [The results of patients follow up at Gaziantep Number II Dispensary of Tuberculosis Control in the year 2004].
abstract: In this study, the aim was to investigate the performance of number-II Dispensary of Tuberculous Control (DTC) in Gaziantep in 2004. The patients diagnosed to have tuberculosis between 2004 January 1st and 2004 December 31st were included. The patients registries were evaluated retrospectively. The mean age of the patients was 28.92+/-14.43 years (ranged between 1-68), 70.5% of the cases were male, and 72.5% of the cases were between 15-44 years old. Forty-two (82.3%) of the cases had the diagnosis of lung tuberculosis. 47% of them did not have any health insurance. The symptoms detected in the patients were cough, night sweats, sputum and hemoptysis respectively. There was no symptom registry in ten patients (19.6%). Sputum analysis to detect acid-fast bacilli (AFB) was done in 18 patients (19.6%). AFB was perfomed in 3.9% of the patients following two-months of therapy, and in 1.9% of the patients at the end of the therapy. Diagnostic tuberculous culture was performed in only one patient (1.9%). There was no tuberculous culture performed neither at the second month nor at the end of the therapy course. AFB was found to be positive in direct or concentrated sputum samples in eight (44.4%) of the patients. All the patients were evaluated with radiographies. The eritrocyte sedimentation rate was measured in 33.3%, 9.8%, and 15.6% of the patients before the therapy, at the end of the two months of therapy, and at the end of the therapy, respectively. The diagnosis was established with radiology clinical findings in 34 patients (66.6%). Directly observed therapy was performed in one patient (1.9%). The cure rate among smear positive patients was 12.5%, and the 100% of the patients were completed the therapy. There exists many problems with tuberculosis "warfare" and we believe the solution lies in DOTS.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chest Disease, Faculty of Medicine, Gaziantep University, Gaziantep, Turkey.
authors.forename: Osman
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Elbek
authors.forename: Ahmet Doğan
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Yardi
authors.forename: Meral
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Uyar
authors.forename: Mustafa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tanriöver
authors.forename: Sermin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Börekçi
authors.forename: Oner
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Dikensoy
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008499:Medical Records; D008875:Middle Aged; D012042:Registries; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014374:Tuberculin Test / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D014421:Turkey / Q000453:epidemiology