Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the infectious diseases that remains a serious health problem in Indonesia, including in Muara Enim District. The high number of TB cases indicates that TB control efforts need to be reviewed to determine their effectiveness. This study aims to assess the effectiveness of the Tuberculosis (TB) Control Program implemented by the Muara Enim District Health Office. This…
Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease that remains a major public health problem in Indonesia. TB transmission often occurs within households through close contact with infected individuals. This study aims to identify the risk factors associated with TB occurrence among household contacts of TB patients at Siti Fatimah Regional Hospital, South Sumatra. This research employed a descriptive…
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…
Introduction: Pulmonary tuberculosis is one of the most common diseases in respiratory infections. This disease is generally caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Many risk factors influence the incidence of pulmonary tuberculosis. This disease if not properly managed may lead to complications. One of the early complications caused by pulmonary tuberculosis is pleural effusion. Pleural effusion…
Background: Tuberculosis (TBC) is an infectious disease that most often affects the lungs. TB germs can be spread through the air when TBC sufferers cough, spit, or sneeze. The Ministry of Health with all health workers managed to detect 700,000 TBC cases in Indonesia. The figure is the highest since tuberculosis became a national priority. This study aims to evaluate active case finding effort…
Background: Global tuberculosis in 2021 was found to be 10.6 million cases, an increase of approximately 600,000 cases from 2020. Tuberculosis is an infectious disease caused by the bacteria Mycobacterium tuberculosis. The main cause of tuberculosis disease is necrotizing granulomatous inflammation. However, in people with HIV/AIDS, TB infection is a common infection and one of the leading caus…
Latar Belakang: Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) adalah penyebab utama tuberkulosis (TB), penyakit dengan prevalensi tinggi di Indonesia. Penyebaran TB salah satunya dipengaruhi oleh gen virulensi. Gen Mce1, kelompok Mammalian Cell Entry, memengaruhi struktur dinding sel bakteri dan fungsi seluler, termasuk sistem kekebalan tubuh. Gen ini juga berperan dalam mekanisme adaptasi pada kondisi kete…
Background. Multi Drug Resistant-TB (MDR-TB) is a condition where there is resistance to isoniazid (H) and rifampicin (R) simultaneously, with or without subsequent resistance to other first-line OAT. In 2021, WHO recorded around 450,000 MDR-TB cases in the world with a mortality rate of 191,000 cases. In Indonesia, there are about 28,000 cases of MDR-TB. This needs to receive great attention i…
Background: The high number of TB cases in Indonesia means that TB is still a problem in Indonesia. Children and adolescents often do not receive proper diagnosis, resulting in misdiagnosis. TB is strongly influenced by the immune system of each individual, causing the characteristics of each child to vary. Some children can be treated on an outpatient basis. Some have complications that requir…
Pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) is still a major public health problem in all countries, both in developed and developing countries. factors that encourage the occurrence of pulmonary TB, including the physical environment of the house which includes Ventilation, humidity. Floor type, lighting and residential density.The research aims to analyze the relationship Between physical environmental facto…
Tuberkulosis adalah penyakit menular yang disebabkan oleh kuman Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Tuberculosis sampai dengan saat ini masih merupakan salah satu masalah kesehatan masyarakat di dunia walaupun upaya penanggulangan TB telah dilaksanakan di banyak negara sejak tahun 1995. Insiden TB di Bangka Belitung pada tahun 2020 berdasarkan hasil study inventory sebesar 5.923 kasus atau 390 per 100.…
Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease that is still a public health problem and as one of the goals in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The number of cases in Lubuklinggau City 273 cases in 2020 decreased compared to 967 cases in 2019. This research aims to analyze the implementation of tb disease management program strategy in contact investigation activities through the use of S…
Background: Tuberculous meningitis is a form of extrapulmonary tuberculosis with inflammatory characteristics of the meninges due to invasion Mycobacterium tuberculosis with the highest mortality rate compared to other extrapulmonary tuberculosis and can cause severe manifestations and neurological disorders. Indonesia is a country with the third highest tuberculosis cases in the world and it i…
Tuberculosis is still a public health and is one of the goals of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), in Muara Enim District, which had a total of 1.737 cases in 2019 and an increase from the previous year. This study aims to analyze the implementation of tuberculosis control program policies at Public Health Center in Muara Enim District. This study used a qualitative design, the informants w…