Volume : VIII, Issue : IX, September - 2018

PROFILE OF LOWER LUNG FIELD TUBERCULOSIS

Dr. A. Ayyappa, Dr. G. Sambasiva Rao, Dr. B. M. S Patrudu

Abstract :

Background: Tuberculosis, an infectious disease mainly caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, affects commonly the upper lung fields. But involvement of lowerlung fields is not uncommon resulting in great diagnostic confusion.

Methods : This study was conducted on 50 patients of 15 to above 60 years age admitted in GHCCD, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh from September 2015 to August 2017.Patients were selected basing on the chest x rays and were subjected to sputum test for AFB; gene x pert MTB/RIF assay was done in some cases where sputum for AFB was negative but clinical features strongly suggestive of pulmonary TB.

Results: Treatment was started in all 50 patients of whom 42 patients completed treatment and among them 40 were cured and 2 were failures with success rate of 95.2%.

Conclusion: LLF TB can sometimes be confused with pneumonias located at that area causing undue delay in diagnosis and treatment.  Response to treatment is good in all cases.

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Article: Download PDF   DOI : 10.36106/ijar  

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Dr.A.Ayyappa, Dr.G.Sambasiva Rao, Dr.B.M.S Patrudu, PROFILE OF LOWER LUNG FIELD TUBERCULOSIS, INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH : Volume-8 | Issue-9 | September-2018

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