CHSJ

Curr Health Sci J, vol. 36, no. 3, 2010

Simoultaneuos Occurence Of Other Diseases Among Prison Inmates With Tuberculosis

[Original paper]

T. CERNAT(1), M. COMANESCU(2), D. ALEXANDRU(3), V. CARLIG(3)


(1)Colibasi Prison Hospital, Pitesti;
(2)INCD "V Babes", Bucharest;
(3)University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Craiova;
(1)Department of Obstetrics and-Gynecology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Craiova;
(2)Department of Pathology, Emergency University Hospital, Craiova;
(3)Oncology Institute Bucharest;
(4)Emergency Hospital, Drobeta Turnu Severin


Abstract:

Prison populations are considered to be at high risk for tuberculosis infections, and many of the cases encountered have initiated while the individuals were in prison. There are also studies that have estimated the occupational risk of exposure and infection for hospital-based and correctional healthcare workers. To our knowledge, data on the incidence and risk factors associated with tuberculosis are very scanty in Romania, and therefore the aim of this study was to determine the prevalence and associated risk factors for this infections among a sample of prison inmates stationed at Colibasi Hospital Prison.


Keywords: tuberculosis prison, comorbidity



Corresponding: Tanta Cernat MD, PhD Std., Prison Hospital Colibasi, Pitesti; email cernat.tanta@yahoo.com, Romania


DOI 10.12865/CHSJ.36.03.07 - Download PDF
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