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RELAPSE İN DRUG-SENSİTİVE PULMONARY TB PATİENTS. Üsküdar Dispenser ………….Dr. Bektaş Kısa Beykoz Dispenser………… Dr. Sinem Köyman Kumkapı Dispenser………… Dr. Canan Küçük Şehremini Dispenser…………Dr. Nesrin Sarımurat İ. U. İstanbul Medical Faculty…..Prof. Dr. Zeki Kılıçaslan. Aim.
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RELAPSE İN DRUG-SENSİTİVE PULMONARY TBPATİENTS Üsküdar Dispenser ………….Dr. Bektaş Kısa Beykoz Dispenser………… Dr. Sinem Köyman Kumkapı Dispenser………… Dr. Canan Küçük Şehremini Dispenser…………Dr. Nesrin Sarımurat İ. U. İstanbul Medical Faculty…..Prof. Dr. Zeki Kılıçaslan
Aim The aim of this retrospective study is to determine the relapse rates in TB patients.
Findings Kumkapı VSD Şehremini VSD Beykoz VSD Üsküdar VSD
Material and Method All patients were contacted by telephone, those who were not reached had letters sent by mail. Those who had no clinicalcomplaintor stabil x-rays were accepted as no relapse. 18 suspicious patients were evaluatedwithsmearswhich were negative. Some patients who repeatedlystatedthey had no complaints were unable to come to the dispensers. These patients familymembers were questioned and verified the patients goodhealth.
Method Thoses who were drugresistantor not tested were leftout of this study.
Material and Method Pulmonary TB, Smear (+) and/orCulture (+), Drug-sensitivepatients, 414 olgu : Averageage : 36,6 (11-80) Averagefollowupperiodaftertreatment : 21,7 ay
Findings All relaps patients were provenwithsmearorculturepositivity.
Conclusion • İn thisstudy; • Fourİstanbul dispenserswith an averagetreatmentsuccess rate of 91.5% haveacceptablerelaps rates. With DOT relaps rates were found to be lower (although not statisticallysignificant) especially in previouslytreated patients.