[Tuberculosis in the districts of Kamez and Vlore (Albania) in the early 2000s]. / Analisi dei casi di tubercolosi nei distretti albanesi di Valona e di Kamza nei primi anni Duemila.
Epidemiol Prev
; 38(3-4): 185-90, 2014.
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| ID: mdl-25115470
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVES:
evaluation of tuberculosis (TB) rates and treatment outcomes in two Albanian districts of similar population, but different disease diffusion Kamez and Vlore. DESIGN ANDPARTICIPANTS:
retrospective observational study of all the medical charts of not-HIV+ TB patients in Vlore from 2002 to 2011, and in Kamez from 2004 to 2011. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES ANDRESULTS:
at Vlore the cases observed were 120 cases (mean age 43 years, 68% males); the incidence rate was substantially stable in the study period, with 8 cases/100,000 inhabitants/year, and, overall, lower (p <0.001) than at Kamez. The TB cases founded were 160 (mean age 45 years, 61% males) at Kamez, with decreasing incidence rate (Annual Percent Change - APC -12%; p =0.00022), from 30-42/100,000 inhabitants/year in 2004- 2005 to 16.4/100,000 in 2011. New and retreated cases were, respectively, 96.7% and 3.3% at Vlore, and 96.25% and 3.75% at Kamez. Pulmonary TB was 75% at Vlore and 65% at Kamez. Most cases with pulmonary TB (79%) were microbiologically confirmed. Overall, successful treatments and relapses were respectively observed in 89% and 3% of cases with no drug resistanceCONCLUSIONS:
in the first years of the third millennium, TB rates remain different between the two studied Albanian districts, but with a significant reduction in the area with greater baseline incidence (Kamez); overall disease control seems to be good.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Tuberculosis
Type of study:
Observational_studies
Limits:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Country/Region as subject:
Europa
Language:
It
Journal:
Epidemiol Prev
Journal subject:
EPIDEMIOLOGIA
Year:
2014
Type:
Article