A STUDY ON PREVALENCE OF ACTIVE PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS IN NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION (NCR), INDIA.

Abstract

The objective of this study is to know the prevalence of Pulmonary TB in cases brought to tertiary care hospital with specication of age and gender. Material &Method- Results & Discussion-Sputum acid-fast bacilli (AFB) smear microscopy was done by Ziehl-Neelsen (ZN) method. The study is carried out on 194 total valid samples .5.15% of total samples are found positive for pulmonary TB. 3.22% of male and 8.57% of female are positive. 7.84% out of male patients are positive in the age bracket of 41-60 years where as positive cases are present in all age bracket in female patients. The maximum cases are recorded in female patients in age group of 21-60 years. The pulmonary TB was higher (5.33%) in hospitalised (IPD) patients in comparison to OPD patients (4.54%). Out of IPD cases 4.16% male and 7.40% female patients are found positive. The results of this study depict the maximum share of positive pulmonary TB cases are female patients. The positive cases from the OPD patients are 4.54% which is lesser than IPD cases(5.33%). Female patients in OPD recorded highest 13.33% positive cases. 5.15% samplesConclusion- out of tested samples are found positive . The percentage of positive cases of pulmonary TB out of tested samples in present study is higher than that of national average(4.2%) but lower than state (UP) average (10.8%).Female share of positive cases is 8.57% whereas male positive cases are 3.22%. The male positive patients are only in the age bracket of 41-60 years. Female patients in OPD recorded highest 13.33% positive cases.