%0 Journal Article
%T Descriptive Epidemiology of Multidrug Resistance Tuberculosis (MDR-TB) in Bangladesh
%A Abu Bakar Siddik
%A Muhammad Maqsud Hossain
%A Sanjana Zaman
%A Basana Marma
%A Gias Uddin Ahsan
%A Mohammad Rashed Uzzaman
%A Arman Hossain
%A Mohammad Delwer Hossain Hawlader
%J Journal of Tuberculosis Research
%P 292-301
%@ 2329-8448
%D 2018
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/jtr.2018.64026
%X <strong>Background:</strong> The number of reported MDR-TB cases has been increasing in recent years. <strong>Objectives:</strong> To describe the epidemiological profile of MDR-TB cases in Bangladesh. <strong>Design:</strong> This was a descriptive cross-sectional study. <strong>Settings:</strong> The study was conducted among the multi drug resistant tuberculosis patient admitted in the National Institute of Diseases of the Chest and Hospital (NIDCH) Dhaka, Bangladesh. <strong>Samples:</strong> 148 confirmed cases of MDR-TB. <strong>Materials and Methods:</strong> Hospital admitted MRD-TB cases were randomly chosen from the above mentioned hospital. Semi-structured and pretested questionnaire were introduced by researcher. Clinical and treatment data i.e. duration of TB drug intake, report of sputum, X-ray and blood test etc. were extracted from the hospital record. <strong>Results:</strong> Study found, majority of the participants (56.1%) were in the age group of 16 - 30 years. 64.2% of the study subjects were married. Majority of the participants education were whether under primary or primary level. 24.3% participant¡¯s family member and 14.5% of neighbor were having TB. Most common comorbidity were diabetes, pulmonary infection, hearing loss, psychiatric symptoms, chest pain, joint pain etc. 63.5% respondent had high degree of AFB for sputum positivity and more than 98% had positive finding in X-ray chest. On an average ESR was low and also few cases of extremely low ESR were found. 71.6% were under twenty four months regimen. <strong>Conclusion:</strong> We can conclude that, many possible factors for MDR-TB. There is an urgent need for further study to confirm the exact factors in Bangladesh and address those immediately.
%K MDR-TB
%K Risk Factors
%K Descriptive Study
%K Epidemiology
%K Bangladesh
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=89111