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[The incidence and prevalence of chronic pulmonary tuberculosis in Galaţi County]. 1998

I V Georgescu

Spitalul Municipal nr. 2 Galaţi.

In Galaţi County, the tuberculosis is augmenting constantly, the incidence increased from 46.6/100,000 in 1985 to 64.5/100,000 in 1990 and 112.2/100,000 in 1997. The incidence (new and readmitted cases) increased by 140% (2.4 times) in 1997 compared to 1985, the level in 1997 being higher than the mean level of the whole country. About 80% of the patients eliminated mycobacteria at the time of diagnosis, and 80% of these had positive smears. Thus, the periodic prevalence of the smear positive increased, and the children's risk also. An important factor for supplying the secondary pool with new infected individuals are the chronic and hyper-chronic patients (group IB and IC). In the last 3 years 281 chronic patients were registered, 218 in group IB and 63 in IC. The main cause for the failure of treatment are incomplete, irregular therapy and uncooperative patients. Chronic patients are also the source of infection with multidrug resistant germs. The high prevalence of chronic patients justifies also the increase in TB mortality in the last 7 years: 4.2/100,000 in 1990 and 12.9/100,000 in 1996. Only by increasing the curing rate and reducing the therapeutic failure can the chronic TB problem be solved.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D009017	Morbidity	The proportion of patients with a particular disease during a given year per given unit of population.	Morbidities
D009026	Mortality	All deaths reported in a given population.	CFR Case Fatality Rate,Crude Death Rate,Crude Mortality Rate,Death Rate,Age Specific Death Rate,Age-Specific Death Rate,Case Fatality Rate,Decline, Mortality,Determinants, Mortality,Differential Mortality,Excess Mortality,Mortality Decline,Mortality Determinants,Mortality Rate,Mortality, Differential,Mortality, Excess,Age-Specific Death Rates,Case Fatality Rates,Crude Death Rates,Crude Mortality Rates,Death Rate, Age-Specific,Death Rate, Crude,Death Rates,Determinant, Mortality,Differential Mortalities,Excess Mortalities,Mortalities,Mortality Declines,Mortality Determinant,Mortality Rate, Crude,Mortality Rates,Rate, Age-Specific Death,Rate, Case Fatality,Rate, Crude Death,Rate, Crude Mortality,Rate, Death,Rate, Mortality,Rates, Case Fatality
D002648	Child	A person 6 to 12 years of age. An individual 2 to 5 years old is CHILD, PRESCHOOL.	Children
D002908	Chronic Disease	Diseases which have one or more of the following characteristics: they are permanent, leave residual disability, are caused by nonreversible pathological alteration, require special training of the patient for rehabilitation, or may be expected to require a long period of supervision, observation, or care (Dictionary of Health Services Management, 2d ed). For epidemiological studies chronic disease often includes HEART DISEASES; STROKE; CANCER; and diabetes (DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2).	Chronic Condition,Chronic Illness,Chronically Ill,Chronic Conditions,Chronic Diseases,Chronic Illnesses,Condition, Chronic,Disease, Chronic,Illness, Chronic
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000328	Adult	A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available.	Adults
D012383	Romania	A country in southeastern Europe, bordering the Black Sea, between Bulgaria and Ukraine. The capital is Bucharest.	Rumania,Roumania
D014397	Tuberculosis, Pulmonary	MYCOBACTERIUM infections of the lung.	Pulmonary Consumption,Pulmonary Phthisis,Pulmonary Tuberculoses,Pulmonary Tuberculosis,Tuberculoses, Pulmonary,Consumption, Pulmonary,Consumptions, Pulmonary,Phthises, Pulmonary,Phthisis, Pulmonary,Pulmonary Consumptions,Pulmonary Phthises
D015994	Incidence	The number of new cases of a given disease during a given period in a specified population. It also is used for the rate at which new events occur in a defined population. It is differentiated from PREVALENCE, which refers to all cases in the population at a given time.	Attack Rate,Cumulative Incidence,Incidence Proportion,Incidence Rate,Person-time Rate,Secondary Attack Rate,Attack Rate, Secondary,Attack Rates,Cumulative Incidences,Incidence Proportions,Incidence Rates,Incidence, Cumulative,Incidences,Person time Rate,Person-time Rates,Proportion, Incidence,Rate, Attack,Rate, Incidence,Rate, Person-time,Rate, Secondary Attack,Secondary Attack Rates
D015995	Prevalence	The total number of cases of a given disease in a specified population at a designated time. It is differentiated from INCIDENCE, which refers to the number of new cases in the population at a given time.	Period Prevalence,Point Prevalence,Period Prevalences,Point Prevalences,Prevalence, Period,Prevalence, Point,Prevalences