STUDY OF TUBERCULOSIS BURDEN IN ADULT HOUSE HOLD CLOSE CONTACTS OF SPUTUM SMEAR POSITIVE INDEX CASES OF MDR TUBERCULOSIS

Dr Rahul M Lokhande; Dr Farzana B

Volume : VIII, Issue : II, February - 2019

STUDY OF TUBERCULOSIS BURDEN IN ADULT HOUSE HOLD CLOSE CONTACTS OF SPUTUM SMEAR POSITIVE INDEX CASES OF MDR TUBERCULOSIS

Dr Rahul M Lokhande, Dr Farzana B

Abstract :

Background:Tuberculosis is a infectious cause of mortality and morbidity in the world especially in the developing countries. For the early detection of transmission of infection Contact screening is very important. Methodology: A cross sectional study was conducted in a tertiary care hospital to assess the burden of TB disease and latent TB infection among adult household close contacts of sputum smear positive MDR TB patients. Results: In the study 114 household contacts were screened and Latent TB infection was present among 45(39.47%) contacts and active tuberculosis was identified among 15 (13.2%) contacts, pulmonary tuberculosis was detected among 9 (7.9%) contacts, of which 6 contacts had sputum positive pulmonary tuberculosis, 2 (1.8%) contacts developed sputum positive MDR TB and 1 (0.9%) contact was sputum negative pulmonary TB and Extra pulmonary tuberculosis was detected in 6 (5.3%) contacts.