Outcomes of latent tuberculosis infection treatment in Istanbul.

Aim: Increasing the extensity of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) treatment which is one of the important parameters of tuberculosis (TB) control and completing the treatment in success are important. The purpose of this study is to evaluate LTBI treatment indications and treatment outcomes of patients who received LTBI treatment in İstanbul between 2016 and 2018.

Methods: The treatment outcomes of people who started LTBI treatment registered in TB dispensaries in Istanbul between 2016 and 2018 were analyzed retrospectively according to the variables of the age groups, gender, dispensary subgroups, and prevention treatment indications.

Biomass smoke exposure as a serious health hazard for women.

Introduction: Lung diseases caused by biomass exposure cause a significant health hazard particularly amongst women. The present study was designed to investigate biomass exposure in women suffering from lung disease.

Materials And Methods: A total of 100 women [mean (SD) age: 55.

A retrospective case-control study, factors affecting treatment outcomes for pulmonary tuberculosis in istanbul, Turkey.

Background: Tuberculosis is a public health problem and its transmission is a threat to the community.

Aims: The aim of this study was to determine the factors influencing the treatment outcomes and the effectiveness of the National Tuberculosis Program (NTP) in relation to the application of the directly observed treatment, short-course (DOTS) program in various sites in Istanbul, Turkey.

Study Design: Case-Control Study.

The outcome of tuberculosis cases with persistent smear positivity at the end of extended initial phase.

Introduction: To present the treatment outcome in tuberculosis patients with sputum smear positivity in the third month of category 1 treatment regimes.

Patients And Methods: A total of 1024 patients with tuberculosis treated in Ministry of Health Sureyyapasa Chest Diseases and Chest Surgery Training and Research Hospital from January 2004 to December 2005 were included in this retrospective cohort study. Categorization and appropriate treatment of tuberculosis was performed according the World Health Organization guidelines.

Management of and risk factors related to hepatotoxicity during tuberculosis treatment.

Introduction: Hepatotoxicity is one of the most frequent adverse events occurring during tuberculosis treatment that may negatively affect treatment compliance, clinical outcome. This study was designed to evaluate management, risk factors related to hepatotoxicity during tuberculosis treatment.

Patients And Methods: Hospitalized patients for tuberculosis treatment at Sureyyapasa Chest Diseases, and Chest Surgery Training and Research Hospital were included, between January 2004 and December 2007.

Occupation and tuberculosis: a descriptive study in Turkish patients with tuberculosis.

Introduction: The present study was designed to determine the distribution of tuberculosis patients according to their occupations in Turkey.

Patients And Methods: A total of 757 patients with bacteriologically and histopathologically confirmed diagnosis of tuberculosis and under the tuberculosis treatment were included in this retrospective descriptive study. Medical records of patients admitted to the Ministry of Health Sureyyapasa Chest Diseases and Chest Surgery Training and Research Hospital between the years of 2004 and 2007 were evaluated in terms of patient demographics and the occupations.

Tracheobronchopathia osteochondroplastica: an unusual presentation.

A 24-year-old woman presented with chronic cough and noisy breathing. Chest x-ray revealed diffuse irregularity and narrowing of the tracheal lumen. Thorax computed tomography showed irregularity, stenosis, and areas of ossification throughout the trachea and both main bronchia.