Clinical and epidemiological evaluation of Tuberculosis in Albania during the period 2009-2018

Abstract: Aim: To estimate the clinical and epidemiological pattern of Tuberculosis (TB) in Albania over the period 2009-2018. Methods: A retrospective analysis of clinical and epidemiological data based on TB individual notification forms during the period 2009-2018. Results: During the 10-years period, TB incidence increased from 14 to 15.5, but without a significant increasing trend. The total number of TB cases increased from 440 to 447. The proportion of extra-pulmonary TB decreased from 32% to 25% in 2018 (p=0.015), with and average mean change of 29 cases. Males prevail among TB cases and male-to-female ratio ranges from 2:1 to 3:1. Drug susceptibility testing (DST) was carried out depending on the availability of the reagents and there were 54%, 18% and 96% culture cases confirmed positive in 2009, 2014 and 2019, respectively. The overall treatment completion rate was 85% and 88.2% in 2009 and 2018, respectively. However, there was a significant drop in cured cases from 26% in 9.3%, .... https://www.seejph.com/index.php/seejph/article/view/3631

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Clinical and epidemiological evaluation of Tuberculosis in Albania during the period 2009-2018 ; day:16 ; month:08 ; year:2020 ; South eastern european journal of public health ; (16.08.2020)

Contributors, Places and Time

• Creator: Ilir Peposhi ; Holta Tafa ; Donika Bardhi ; Hasan Hafizi

Further information

• DOI: 10.4119/seejph-3631
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2020082619314304706991
• Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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