TITLE:
Retrospective Study of Tuberculosis in the Province of Kenitra (Morocco)
AUTHORS:
Bouhaddioui Bouchra, Brik Kamal, Hassouni Taoufik, Ayoub Fouad, Bejja Fadia, Bengueddour Rachid
KEYWORDS:
Tuberculosis, Risk Factors, Kenitra, Morocco
JOURNAL NAME:
Advances in Infectious Diseases,
Vol.10 No.4,
September
24,
2020
ABSTRACT: Tuberculosis is a ubiquitous and contagious infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Koch’s bacillus). Morocco considers tuberculosis a strategic priority, mobilizing human and material resources to fight it. The objective was to describe the distribution of the disease socio-economic and geographic factors in the province of Kenitra. This was a transverse descriptive retrospective study of 1005 cases of intra- and extra-pulmonary tuberculosis carried out from January 1, 2017, to December 31, 2017, in tuberculosis and respiratory disease screening and treatment center. This study was based on the use of the files of tuberculosis patients who were diagnosed and treated at the center. The parameters studied are age, sex, municipality and place of residence. Genexpert techniques to differentiate between positive and negative microscopic tuberculosis were used. The results showed that the average age of Tuberculosis patients is 36.95 years, the minimum age is 12 months, and the oldest is 87 years old. The 30 - 44 age group is the most affected by 42%, followed by that of 15 - 29 years (29%), the oldest 75 - 90 are the least affected. The survey also revealed that men and Inactive people are more affected by the disease with infection rates of 60.95% and 39% respectively, followed by women 38.8%, the employees (35%), then students 16%. In rural areas, we recorded a rate of 58.26% ahead of cities 41.73%. This study has shown that the determinants of tuberculosis are manifold and relate mainly to unfavorable socioeconomic conditions, linked to poverty, population growth, human migration, which explains the incidence of the disease from the point of socio-economic view.