Chinese Journal of Antituberculosis

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15 November 2010, Volume 32 Issue 11

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Analysis on the reimbursement situation of TB treatment costs in the new rural cooperative medical system

LI You, LI Xue, XIE Hai-Bo, ZHANG Hui, WANG Li-Xia, JIANG Shi-Wen

Chinese Journal of Antituberculosis. 2010, 32(11): 685-689.

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Objective To provide an objective basis for tuberculosis(TB) treatment costs fully bringning into the new rural cooperative medical system(NCMS),Methods Applyed the census methods,and investigated the situation of all counties(districts) of TB treatment costs in the new rural cooperative.Results In 2009,the NCMS' coverage rate was 93.5%(2488/2662).With 96.6% of the counties(districts) 'NCMS compensated the TB hospital medical expenses,only 45.3% for out-patient clinics and in which about 70% of the counties...

Investigation of the grading indications used to monstor and evaluate the national tuberculosis control and prevention program

LI Xin-Xu, LIU Xiao-Qiu, XIE Hai-Bo, LI Jun, XU Han-Cheng, LI Wei-Bin, LI You, ZHANG Hui, WANG Li-Xia, JIANG Shi-Wen

Chinese Journal of Antituberculosis. 2010, 32(11): 691-696.

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Objective To identify the relative importance among the indicators used to monitor and evaluate(ME) the national tuberculosis control and prevention program(NTP),and to provide the reference framework for the establishment of the ME indicator system.Method During July 2007 to June 2008,Synthetical scored method was used to grade the relative importance among the ME indicators.Result Thirty experts were invited from the following departments: regions of statistics and surveillance(10%),laboratory(10%) and tu...

Current status of sputum collecting centres of township hospitals in China

ZHANG Hui, JIANG Shi-Wen, LI You, LI Ren-Zhong, WANG Li-Xia

Chinese Journal of Antituberculosis. 2010, 32(11): 697-699.

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Objective To understand the current status of sputum collecting centres(SCCs) of township hospitals in China.Methods Using cross-sectional study method,all of SCCs of township hospitals had been surveyed from Sep to Oct 2007.Results By Jun 2007,11185 SCCs had been established,which accounted for 26.3% across all township hospitals.The percentage of township hospitals setting up SCCs in central region(28.8%) was the highest than those in eastern and western regions.8617 SCCs(77.0%) had carried out work overa...

Effect analysis of China Global Fund Multi-Drug Resistant Tuberculosis Project

MI Feng-Ling, WANG Li-Xia, LI Liang, LI Ren-Zhong, ZHANG Hui, JIANG Shi-Wen, WANG Xiao-Chun, XIA Yang, CHEN Ming-Ting

Chinese Journal of Antituberculosis. 2010, 32(11): 700-704.

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Objective To analyze and evaluate the implementation of Global Fund China multi-drug resistant tuberculosis(MDR-TB) project in order to share experiences,analyze the weakness,find out the possible solutions and provide reference for China TB control work.Methods Monthly and quarterly reports are all collected for retrospective analysis.Results By the end of June 2010,a total of 13281 MDR-TB suspects were screened,among which 13163 cases received culture,8202 performed drug susceptibility test(DST).1756 MDR-...

Investigation of the second-line anti-TB drugs usage in specialist hospitals and tuberculosis control institutions

LI Wen-Jing, SUN Qiang, YAN Bin, BIAN Xue-Feng, ZHANG Jia-Sheng, GENG Cheng, LI Ren-Zhong

Chinese Journal of Antituberculosis. 2010, 32(11): 706-709.

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Objective To understand the use of second-line anti-TB drugs in TB specialist hospitals and tuberculosis control institutions.Methods Five provinces were selected in China as research sites.The patient medical records were randomly selected for investigation,corresponding key persons were interviewed.Results The proportion of second-line anti-TB drug use in patients has already reached 56.3%.There are a variety of second line drugs.Among which,Levofloxacin in two institutions is the mostly used,respectively...

Survey and analysis on psychological and social support needs of 433 pulmonary tuberculosis patients among the floating population

LI Jun, LI Wei-Bin, LIU Xiao-Qiu, LI Xue, ZHANG Hui, JIANG Shi-Wen

Chinese Journal of Antituberculosis. 2010, 32(11): 709-713.

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Objective To investigate the psychological and social support needs of pulmonary tuberculosis(PTB) patients among the floating population,and to serve as the foundation for providing the corresponding psychological and social support.Methods A questionnaire was adopted in the survey.Among the 433 PTB participants,information on their general demographic characteristics,psychological and social support needs were collected.Results The PTB patients among the floating population who were afraid of their diseas...

Effect analysis of seven years TB control work under local TB law in Fuzhou City

ZHU Guo-Xiong, FANG Xiao-Ping, HUANG Ling

Chinese Journal of Antituberculosis. 2010, 32(11): 714-717.

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Objective To evaluate the effect of seven years TB control work under Fuzhou TB law(hereinafter referred to as the Law).Methods Special investigations,meetings and seminars,site visits are used for information collection.Results The law provides a legal support for Fuzhou in achieving the goal of National TB Program(2001—2010) and WHO target.In seven years,TB control policy and funds increased year by year,and various control measures received strong support.Coverage of modern TB control strategy,the detect...

Effect analysis of measures enhancing the DOTS management in TB patients in Rizhao city of Shandong province

LU Ji-Xu, ZHONG Jing-Ming

Chinese Journal of Antituberculosis. 2010, 32(11): 720-722.

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Objective To evaluate the effect of measures enhancing the DOTS management in TB patients.Methods Measures were introduced,and treatment effect of TB patients was analyzed according to reporting forms.Results The regular treatment rate reached 99.1%,the sputum conversion rate of the new smear positive cases at the end of the intensive phase reached 97.5%,and the cure rate was 96.7%.Conclusions These measures not only provide convenience to the patients,but also really make DOTS measures implemented,ensure v...

Research on prevalance of tuberculosis & effect of DOTS strategy's implementation in Rizhao city

XU Yan-Hai, LU Ji-Xu

Chinese Journal of Antituberculosis. 2010, 32(11): 723-728.

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Objective To get an understanding of implementation of guide on TB controland the discipline of TB's occurrence in Rizhao city,besides,acquire an overall appraisal on effect of DOTS(Direct observe treatment of short course)strategy's implementation,further more,establish the foundation of constitution of next ten years(2011—2020) prevention strategy of TB.Methods The paper conducted an analysis on TB's incidence,registering rate,prevalence status and DOTs 'social effect through document review,such as,from ...

Information quality evaluation of NTP TB registers in Hubei and Jiangsu prov

CHEN Wei, XU Min, HUANG Fei, WANG Li-Xia, YANG Cheng-Feng, XIONG Chang-Fu, YU Hao, LU Wei

Chinese Journal of Antituberculosis. 2010, 32(11): 731-735.

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Objective To understand the information quality of TB registers in Hubei and Jiangsu Province.Methods This study adopted retrospective research methods.TB registers from 2004 to 2005 were used to evaluate the completeness and accuracy of TB registers in 15 randomly selected counties in each province.Results The information completeness rate was above 95%;the accuracy rate of information related to treatment duration,treatment regimen is above 98%;10.7% of patients who had positive smear result at the end of...

Household close contacts investigation of sputum-smear-positive pulmonary tuberculosis

ZHANG Tian-Hao, CHENG Shi-Ming, CHEN Wei, HONG Feng, XU Wei-Guo, YANG Hua-Lin, LIU Gang

Chinese Journal of Antituberculosis. 2010, 32(11): 736-740.

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Objective To understand the yield of active tuberculosis cases among household contacts of sputum smear positive pulmonary tuberculosis(PTB) patient and factors affecting the yield of household contact investigation.Methods This study used the multi-stage stratified cluster sampling method and select eight counties from four provinces as the study sites.Smear positive PTB Patients registered in 2008 and their household close contacts were investigated.Results The yield of active tuberculosis was 2.7% in hou...

Study on the incidence of cross resistance between rifampicin and rifabutin in Mycobacterium tuberculosis clinical isolates

HAN Xi-Qin, HUANG Hai-Rong, LI Yan-Jing, YU Xia, BI Zhi-Qiang, CHU Nai-Hui, MA Yu

Chinese Journal of Antituberculosis. 2010, 32(11): 740-743.

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Objective To determine the incidence of cross resistance between rifampicin and rifabutin by testing the minimal inhibitory concentrations(MICs) of rifampicin and rifabutin against Mycobacterium tuberculosis(M.tuberculosis) clinical isolates.Methods The liquid dilution method was performed to detect MICs of rifampicin and rifabutin in 116 M.tuberculosis clinical isolates.Results Rifabutin was susceptible to all isolates which were susceptible to rifampicin.Cross resistance between rifampicin and rifabutin w...

Diagnositic value of ADA、ADA2、IL-12、IFN-γ in Tuberculous Meningitis

ZHU Min, LIU Ya-Dong, YIN Liang-Sheng

Chinese Journal of Antituberculosis. 2010, 32(11): 744-746.

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Objective To evaluate the clinical value of ADA,ADA2,IL-12,IFN-γ in the diagnosis of tuberculous meningitis.Methods 92 patients with tuberculous meningitis(TBM group) and 68 patients with other type meningitis(control group)were enrolled.ADA,ADA2,IL-12,IFN-γ in the cerebrospinal fluid were measured before treatment for all patients and at the end of first month and the second month after treatment for patients with TBM.All data from before treatment had been compared with that of after treatment.Results (1)...

Clinical utility of an in-house interferon-γ Elispot assay for the diagnosis of active tuberculosis

CHEN Xin-Chun, LIAO Ming-Feng, ZHU Xiu-Yun, ZHANG Jie-Yun, CHEN Tao, ZHANG Ming-Xia, GU Mei-Hong, ZHANG Fan, YU Wei-Ye, ZHOU Bo-Ping

Chinese Journal of Antituberculosis. 2010, 32(11): 747-751.

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