Tuberkulosis (Tb) adalah suatu penyakit menular yang disebabkan oleh Mvcobacterium tuberculosis dan merupakan salah satu masalah kesehatan utama yang menduduki urutan ketiga penyebab kematian di dunia. Penanggulangan Tb secara nasional telah dilaksanakan sejak tahun 1969, namun sampai saat ini belum menunjukkan hasil yang menggembirakan. Seperti diketahui bahwa penderita Tb paru di dunia diperk…
Background: Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease that remains a major global health problem, including in Indonesia. One of the most common forms of extrapulmonary TB is tuberculous pleurisy, which is characterized by pleural fluid accumulation due to a hypersensitivity reaction triggered by Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection. Diagnosis is established through clinical examinations, radi…
Background. Linezolid is an effective second-line drug for the treatment of drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB), but it is often associated with hematological adverse effects. Patient characteristics such as age, residence, body mass index, serum albumin level, HIV status, diabetes mellitus, and treatment duration are suspected to contribute to these events. This study aimed to analyze the rela…
Background: According to data released by the World Health Organization (WHO) in 2022, around 450,000 cases of TB-RO will occur throughout the world. In TB-RO patients there was an increase in the number of neutrophils and a decrease in the number of leukocytes. RNL calculations are carried out as an indicator that plays a role in reflecting the body's inflammatory response to infection. At the…
Indonesia sendiri berada pada posisi Kedua (ke-2) dengan jumlah penderita TBC terbanyak di dunia, insidensi kasus TBC di Indonesia adalah 354 per 100.000 penduduk. Kasus TB paru di provinsi sumatera selatan dalam kurun waktu 3 mengalami peningkatan 18.122 kasus. Faktor risiko yang mempengaruhi terjadinya tuberkolosis paru, mulai dari faktor agen, faktor pejamu, dan faktor lingkungan. Jenis pene…
World Health Organization (WHO) 2023 states that Indonesia ranks second in the world with the most estimated new TB cases. Extra-pulmonary TB accounted for 16% of the 7.5 million overall TB cases in the world in 2019, including TB pleurisy. The diagnosis of TB pleurisy is still an obstacle due to the gold standard examination which often gives negative results, making it less accurate. In cases…
Tuberculosis (TB) is a contagious multisystemic disease cause by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb). The bacteria Mtb can invade the children lungs which results in pulmonary TB. Not all pulmonary TB in children is bacteriologically confirmed. This study aims to determine the prevalence and distribution of characteristics of bacteriologically confirmed pediatric pulmonary TB patients at Mohammad …
Background: The increasing number of TB cases must be addressed through planning and implementing various improvement efforts by improving the quality of care. Patient satisfaction reflects the quality of care received. There are seven dimensions of health service quality, including effective, safe, people-centered, timely, efficient, equitable, integrated. This study aims to determine the rela…
Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) is the causative agent of tuberculosis (TB). In Indonesia, TB has a high prevalence with a total of 829.000 cases in 2023 and is the country with the second-highest number of TB cases globally. Host genetic susceptibility and environmental factors play an essential role in the mechanism of Mtb infection. Genetic polymorphism in the form of SNP rs763780 T/C in th…
Indonesia is in second place with the highest number of tuberculosis cases in the world. Tuberculosis is a diseases caused by the bacteria called Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Health services provided to support the treatment of tuberculosis based on their quality. Services quality of polyclinic tuberculosis can be assessed with seven dimensions of service quality which is effective, safe, people…
Developments in the field of information and communication technology are a phenomenon that triggers digital marketing. One of them is Electronic Word of Mouth through the TikTok platform which is developing rapidly and is much loved by the public so that it has become a forum for creative, effective and innovative Electronic Word of Mouth practices which are carried out to help potential consu…
Infectious diseases such as pulmonary tuberculosis are still a threat in many parts of the world. In Indonesia, productive age is the most dominant age affected by pulmonary tuberculosis. In 2022, Rantau Alai Subdistrict had a total of 380 cases of pulmonary tuberculosis with a positive test result of 29 cases. The purpose of this study was to analyze the relationship between knowledge and beha…
The discovery of positive cases of pulmonary TB in 2022 at the Multiwahana Community Health Center only reached 31 people with a (CDR) of 95% which was determined to be 279 cases. Based on Presidential Regulation no. 67 of 2021 concerning tuberculosis control. The aim of this research is to evaluate screening activities for people suspected of pulmonary TB in the tuberculosis control program us…
The Campus Health Center still has cases of TB RO and patients who have dropped out of treatment, although the percentage is no more than 10%, but these cases need to be a matter of concern as they can lead to increased cases of TB MDR patients, infection, relapse, and even death. Therefore, researchers want to know the effectiveness of monitoring carried out by home visit and whatsapp of the p…
Latar Belakang. Tuberkulosis (TB) adalah penyakit menular yang disebabkan oleh bakteri Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. tb) dan telah menjadi masalah kesehatan global sejak zaman kuno. Penyakit ini umumnya menyerang paru-paru, namun dapat juga mempengaruhi organ lain. Gejala utama TB meliputi batuk kronis, batuk berdarah, demam, penurunan berat badan, dan berkeringat malam. Menurut laporan WHO 20…
The number of pulmonary tuberculosis cases in Solok Regency has continued to increase over the past 2 years. Pulmonary tuberculosis is one of the diseases caused by environmental sanitation. This study aims to determine the relationship between hygiene practices and home sanitation with the incidence of Pulmonary TB in the community in Solok Regency. This study used analytic observation with ca…
Tuberculosis is still a major health problem in the world. Palembang City is an area in South Sumatra Province that has the highest cases of tuberculosis, including Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis. In 2023, there were 96 cases of RO TB in Palembang City and an increase in 2024 to 106 cases. To support the success of controlling RO TB, one of the strategies listed in Presidential Decree No. 67 of 20…
Pulmonary tuberculosis treatment for a long time at least 6 months with side effects making it a challenge for patients to complete treatment. Cases of low adherence to taking medication are still found in pulmonary TB patients. This study aim to analyze the relationship between medication adherence and the quality of life of pulmonary TB patients. Analytical observational research design with …
Latar Belakang Mycobacterium tuberculosis adalah kuman menyebabkan penyakit TBC. Secara global, TB merupakan masalah kesehatan masyarakat. WHO menyatakan kasus TB India urutan pertama, ke dua Indonesia. Peningkatan kasus TB baru setiap tahun disebabkan ketidakpatuhan minum obat TB, kurang pengetahuan, kurang dukungan keluarga, kurang layanan diagnostik, transportasi, riwayat pengobatan TB sebel…
Pendahuluan: Penyakit tuberkulosis (TB) masih menjadi masalah kesehatan masyarakat dan menjadi salah satu tujuan Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Pada tahun 2020, jumlah kasus TB di Kota Pangkalpinang sebanyak 1.182 kasus. Cakupan pengobatan TB di Kota Pangkalpinang sebesar 14,2%. Tujuan: penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis pelaksanaan program penaggulangan tuberkulosis di Kota Pan…
Tuberkulosis merupakan masalah global yang masih menjadi penyebab utama kematian di dunia. TB pada anak merupakan permasalahan kesehatan karena kesulitan mendiagnosis TB pada anak. Metode kultur masih menjadi gold standard dari diagnosis TB pada anak. GeneXpert mempunyai sensitivitas dan spesifisitas yang hampir sama dengan kultur dalam mendeteksi TB dari spesimen sputum ataupun non sputum. Pen…
ABSTRACT Background: Tuberculosis (TB) is a community health trouble in the world that causes high pain figure or morbidity and mortality and being a global challenge. Indonesia is a country with the 3rd highest burden of pulmonary TB in the world after India and China. One of the causes of pulmonary TB is environmental conditions and patient behavior. Pulmonary TB cases in Palembang City incre…
Introduction: Tuberculosis is an infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis with children making up 10-11% of all TB cases worldwide. However, not everyone who contracts M. tuberculosis will go on to develop active TB, therefore this infection is referred to as Latent Tuberculosis Infection (LTBI) and has to be intervened with Tuberculosis Prevention Treatment (TPT). Currently, the…
Introduction: Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB). Indonesia’s TB prevalence is ranked second worldwide. The Ziehl Neelsen (ZN) staining is less sensitive than GeneXpert MTB/RTF to diagnose pulmonary TB. The gold Standard of TB (culture) takes a longer time, possibly resulting in late diagnosis. The objective of the study was to determine the …
Introduction: The incidence of childhood tuberculosis in the world still quite high, especially in Palembang. The diagnosis of TB in children is difficult to determine because of the absence of the gold Standard examination and clinical presentation is not specific. Therefore, the goal of this research is to evaluate the characteristics of childhood tuberculosis at RSMH Palembang. Method: This …
Introduction: Childhood tuberculosis is the main cause ofhigh morbidity and mortality in children in developing countries. Difficulty in obtaining reports of childhood TB, especially in Palembang, causes targeting data hard to achieve. There are factors contributing to causing TB in children, such as nutrition, BCG vaccination, history of close contact, and characteristics of demography. Object…
Background: Tuberculosis is the most common opportunistic infection in HIV/AIDS patients in Indonesia. The risk of death in HIV patients with tuberculosis (HIV-TB) is approximately three to seven times higher than in uninfected individuals and two times higher than in HIV/AIDS patients without tuberculosis. Methods: This is a cross-sectional study of the HIV/AIDS patients at Paviliun Melati RSU…
Tuberkulosis (TB) adalah penyakit infeksi yang disebabkan oleh Mycobacterium tuberculosis yang sebagian besar menyerang paru, dan juga dapat menyerang organ tubuh lainnya. World Health Organization tahun 2012 melaporkan bahwa Indonesia adalah negara dengan angka kejadian TB keempat tertinggi di dunia. TB tulang dan sendi terjadi pada 1-5% dari seluruh kasus TB atau 10-18% dari TB ekstrapulmoner…
Background: Tuberculosis (TB) is a lung chronic disease caused by the bacillus Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Indonesia is still in the 3rd in the world after India and China as the country with the highest number of TB patients. Although TB case detection rate is quite high, the treatment success rate is still low at less than 50% with treatment dropout rates reaching 50-80%. Percentage of dropou…