Recurrence of pulmonary tuberculosis in India: Findings from the 2019–2021 nationwide community-based TB prevalence survey

Giridharan, P and Selvaraju, S and Raghuram Rao, R and Rade, Kiran and Thiruvengadam, Kannan and Asthana, S and Balachandar, R and Dipak, S and Bansal, AK and Bhat, J and Chakraborty, D and Chopra, V and Das, D and Dutta, S and Rekha Devi, K and Kumar, S and Laxmaiah, Avula and Madhukar, Major and Mahapatra, A and Mohanty, S and Rangaraju, C and Turuk, J and Zaman, K and Krishnan, R and Shanmugam, S and Kumar Nathella, Pavan and Somashekar Narasimhaiah, RP and Chandrasekaran, Padmapriyadarsini and Gakhedkar, R and Bhargava, B (2023) Recurrence of pulmonary tuberculosis in India: Findings from the 2019–2021 nationwide community-based TB prevalence survey. Recurrence of pulmonary tuberculosis in India: Findings from the 2019–2021 nationwide community-based TB prevalence survey, 18 (12). pp. 1-12.

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Abstract

Recurrent Tuberculosis patients contribute to a significant proportion of TB burden in India. A nationwide survey was conducted during 2019–2021 across India among adults to estimate the prevalence of TB. A total of 322480 individuals were screened and 1402 were having TB. Of this, 381 (27.1%) had recurrent TB. The crude prevalence (95% CI) of recurrent TB was 118 (107–131) per 100,000 population. The median duration between episodes of TB was 24 months. The proportion of drug resistant TB was 11.3% and 3.6% in the recurrent group and new TB patients respectively. Higher prevalence of recurrent TB was observed in elderly, males, malnourished, known diabetics, smokers, and alcohol users. (p<0.001). To prevent TB recurrence, all treated Tuberculosis patients must be followed at least for 24 months, with screening for Chest X-ray, liquid culture every 6 months, smoking cessation, alcohol cessation, nutritional interventions and good diabetic management.

Affiliation:	ICMR-National Institute for Research in Tuberculosis
Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Pulmonary tuberculosis;nationwide community-based TB prevalence survey;drug resistant TB; Higher prevalence of recurrent TB;nutritional interventions
Subjects:	Tuberculosis > Clinical Research
Divisions:	Epidemiology
Depositing User:	Mrs. N Lakshmi
Date Deposited:	15 Feb 2024 09:36
Last Modified:	02 Aug 2024 16:02
URI:	http://eprints.nirt.res.in/id/eprint/1997

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