Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on tuberculosis patients and tuberculosis control programs in Turkey, review and analysis.

Background: Many infectious diseases, including Tuberculosis (TB), have been put in the background with the COVID-19 pandemic. This study aimed to evaluate the changes in the number of TB patients, the parameters of the TB patients and tuberculosis control programs in the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic in Turkey when compared to the previous year.

Methods: All TB patients who were recorded in Samsun province between March 1, 2019 and February 28, 2021 were included in this retrospective study.

Investigation of Granulomatous Inflammations in Terms of Tuberculosis Diagnosis: A 5-Year Multi-center Laboratory Study.

Objective: Granulomatous inflammation showing "caseification necrosis" is considered pathognomonic for tuberculosis. This study aimed to evaluate patients with granulomatous inflammation and some characteristics to diagnose tuberculosis.

Material And Methods: This is a cross-sectional descriptive study.

Characteristics of tuberculosis-related deaths and risk factors: a retrospective cohort study in Samsun province of Turkey.

Objectives: Tuberculosis (TB) remains one of the top ten leading causes of death worldwide despite effective therapy. The present study aims to examine the characteristics of TB-related deaths in Samsun Province and to determine the risk factors.

Methods: In this retrospective registry-based cohort study, the medical records of patients registered with Samsun Tuberculosis Control Dispensary between 1 January 2018 and 31 December 2019 were retrospectively reviewed.

Evaluation of effectiveness of pathology reports in active surveillance of tuberculosis.

Objective: Despite advancing technology, national TB surveillance systems are still inadequate in terms of patient detection around the world. It was aimed to investigate suspicious cases detected by active surveillance method in pathology laboratories and to evaluate the effectiveness of this method in terms of finding new TB cases.

Methods: This is a descriptive cross-sectional study.

Regional success on screening and chemoprophylaxis in contacts of patients with pulmonary tuberculosis in Turkey: a dispensary experience in 2016-2017.

Background: Turkey has a national tuberculosis (TB) control program that follows the standards set by the World Health Organization's (WHO) global TB control program.

Methods: In this record-based retrospective study, contact screening and chemoprophylaxis of 469 TB contacts registered at the Samsun Tuberculosis Dispensary in 2016-2017 were assessed.

Results: On average, patients with pulmonary TB each had four contacts.