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Published on: October 25, 2024
[Treatment of recurrent pulmonary tuberculosis]
1Service de pneumologie-allergologie, pavillon-II, hôpital Abderrahmen-Mami, route de Bizerte, Ariana, Tunisia. jihenbenamar@gmail.com
Introduction:
Tuberculosis (TB) is a greatest public health problem of the world. This work aims to study the antituberculous treatment and the evolution of the patients with recurrent tuberculosis.
Patients And Method:
The study is a retrospective study on 64 patients with recidivant pulmonary TB: A1 group: at the first TB attack; A2 group: at the time of recidivant TB, and 105 controls patients with confirmed TB without recidive.
Results:
Multidrug-resistant TB is more frequent with recidivant TB (21.1% vs 3%, P<0.05) and also extensively drug-resistant. Antituberculous treatment duration in group A1, A2 and T was respectively 8.63 months, 9.79 months, and 7.08 months. Antituberculous drug complications were more frequent in group A2 compared to group T (76.1% vs 41.2%; P<0.001).
Conclusion:
All tuberculous patients, specially recidivant TB, should benefit of particular care and drug protocol adaptation.
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