TITLE:
Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Morocco: A Two Year Retrospective Study
AUTHORS:
Hanaa Mouchrik, Abdelmajid Soulaymani, Mhammed Jabri, Hinde Hami, Abdelrhani Mokhtari
KEYWORDS:
Pulmonary Tuberculosis, Infection, Epidemiology, Retrospective Study Morocco
JOURNAL NAME:
Journal of Tuberculosis Research,
Vol.6 No.1,
March
29,
2018
ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVES: To determine the epidemiological features of pulmonary tuberculosis in the region of Gharb-Chrarda-Beni-Hssen in Morocco. METHODS: This is a retrospective study of pulmonary tuberculosis cases, diagnosed and treated at the regional diagnostic center of tuberculosis and respiratory diseases (RDCTRD) in Kenitra between January 2010 and December 2011. RESULTS: During the study period, there were 456 cases diagnosed with pulmonary tuberculosis at the RDCTRD, accounting for 51.3% of all tuberculosis cases reported during this period. More than two-thirds were men (69%), with a male-female ratio of 2.22 and 3.3% of cases were children under the age of 15 years. The average age of the patients was 37.07 ± 0.78 years. The average body weight at diagnosis of tuberculosis was 56.20 ± 0.55 kg for all patients. According to the results, 89% of pulmonary tuberculosis cases were microscopically positive. The majority of patients (80.3%) showed signs of tuberculous impregnation. Nearly three-quarters of these cases (71%) were smokers, 21% were cannabis addicts and 7% were alcoholics. Among the 427 cases for whom the outcome was known, 3 (0.7%) of them died. CONCLUSION: Tuberculosis can be controlled by preventing transmission and infection, by stopping the progression from latent infection to active tuberculosis, and by treating active disease.