Nghiên cứu mô tả một số đặc điểm dịch tễ của bệnh nhân lao đang quản lý điều trị tại Trung tâm y tế huyện Như Thanh, tỉnh Thanh Hóa 2011

Objectives of this study were to describe some epidemiological characteristics of tuberculosis patients for treatment management at Nhu Thanh district health center, Thanh Hoa province, 2011. A crosssectional descriptive study was conducted at the District health center, with interviews and data collection from patient management records. A total of 90 tuberculosis patients, of which, 58 (64.4 percent) were male and 32 (35.6 percent) were female; 12 (13.3 percent) live in town and 78 (86.7 percent) live in rural areas. The rate of pulmonary tuberculosis AFB (+) was 83.3 percent and tuberculosis with HIV (+) was 3.3 percent.