Smear Positive Tuberculosis Cases in Rajshahi District A Comparison Between Rural and Urban Areas

Authors

  • W Wasim Hussain Medical Superintendent, Chest Disease Hospital, Rajshahi.
  • M Azizul Haque Resident Physician, Rajshahi Medical College Hospital, Rajshahi.
  • Laila Shamima Sharmin Medical Officer, Pakri Union Subcenter, Godagari, Rajshahi
  • ARM Saifuddin Ekram Professor, Department of Medicine, Rajshahi Medical College, Rajshahi.
  • M Fazlur Rahman Professor, Department of Pathology, Rajshahi Medical College, Rajshahi.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3329/taj.v17i2.3456

Keywords:

Tuberculosis

Abstract

This study was designed to know the case finding of sputum smear positive tuberculosis in Rajshahi district and also to see whether case finding was different in urban and rural settings. Our study reveals that case finding rate of smear positive tuberculosis cases in the city corporation area and rural areas of Rajshahi district are 52% and 28% respectively. Case detection rate of total Rajshahi district was 33%. Stronger efforts are needed to reach the national target of detecting 70% new smear positive TB cases by the end of 2005.  

doi: 10.3329/taj.v17i2.3456  

TAJ 2004; 17(2): 104-105

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Hussain, W. W., Haque, M. A., Sharmin, L. S., Ekram, A. S., & Rahman, M. F. (2009). Smear Positive Tuberculosis Cases in Rajshahi District A Comparison Between Rural and Urban Areas. TAJ: Journal of Teachers Association, 17(2), 104–105. https://doi.org/10.3329/taj.v17i2.3456

Issue

Vol. 17 No. 2 (2004)

Section

Original Articles