Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease that commonly affects the lung and is caused by a bacterium called Mycobacterium Tuberculosis. The bacterium mostly affects people with impaired immunity TB becomes the second leading cause of morbidity and mortality among infectious diseases, following the emergence of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). HIV is the commonest risk factor for developing a life-threatening tuberculosis disease, on the other hand, HIV related immunodeficiency is worsened by TB infection.TB is among the top 10 causes of death worldwide. In2019, among 8.8 million adults who developed TB disease, 36% were women .TB has become the fifth leading cause of death among women.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
200
sputum analysis to diagnose tuberculosis
to diagnose tuberculous lymphadenitis
Sohag university Hospital
Sohag, Egypt
RECRUITINGpercent of cured tuberculous patients
to detect percent of cured patients
Time frame: 1 year
percent of treatment failure
to detect percent of treatment failure in tuberculous patients
Time frame: 1 year
Hamdy A mohammadin, professor
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