title: High tuberculosis prevalence in a psychiatric hospital in Vietnam.
abstract: Little is known about tuberculosis (TB) prevalence in psychiatric hospitals in Vietnam, but prevalence may be higher than in the general population. We assessed the TB prevalence among in-patients of a psychiatric hospital in 2005 in Danang City, Vietnam. Of 300 in-patients, 70 had an abnormal X-ray or prolonged cough, and underwent sputum smear examinations. The prevalence of smear-positive TB was 0.33% (1/300, 95%CI 0.008-1.9). Twenty-three (7.7%) patients had X-ray lesions suggesting active TB and 22 (7.3%) had a history of TB treatment. TB prevalence was high in this psychiatric hospital, and TB infection control needs strengthening.
authors.affiliation: Danang Hospital for Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, Danang, Vietnam.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Van Duc
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vree
authors.forename: F G
authors.initials: FG
authors.lastname: Cobelens
authors.forename: L T
authors.initials: LT
authors.lastname: Phuc
authors.forename: D N
authors.initials: DN
authors.lastname: Sy
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006778:Hospitals, Psychiatric / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000453:epidemiology*; D014744:Vietnam / Q000453:epidemiology