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Published on: August 11, 2008
[Assessment on the epidemiological efficiency and treatment of smear positive pulmonary tuberculosis]
1Hunan Anti-Tuberculosis Institute Changsha.
Abstract:
An epidemiological project for discovery and treatment of sputum (+) pulmonary tuberculous patients had been carried out during 1988-1990 in patients collected, this number was 3.1 times as the number obtained in the five year pre-application time. The annual mean value of proportion of smear (+) cases of newly registered patients was 63.53%, the average year rate of treatment coverage was 96.2%, the year complication rate of treatment was 89.2%, the sputum negative conversion rate was 87.0%, the cure rate in cohort analysis of management on chemotherapy was 85.8% in the period of 1988-1990. The annual reduction rate of prevalence rate of sputum (+) cases increased to 8.9% annually, but before this program (1979-1985), the percentage increased 1% per year. Thus, the epidemiological efficacy is significant.
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