Trends in Tuberculosis in Taiwan, 2002–2008

Abstract

TB-associated incidence and mortality decreased over the course of the study. Nevertheless, there continue to be high-incidence areas that show the opposite trend; these areas should strive to improve case management and consultation. In the most populous districts, rigorous surveillance is necessary to track incidence and mortality rate fluctuations.

Association between traditional systemic antipsoriatic drugs and tuberculosis risk in patients with psoriasis with or without psoriatic arthritis: Results of a nationwide cohort study from Taiwan

“…Next, we compared the incidence rate of TB among patients with psoriasis with that of the Taiwanese general population by using standardized incidence ratios (SIR). SIR was calculated as follows: the number of TB cases that occurred among patients with psoriasis or psoriatic arthritis, divided by the expected number of TB cases according to national age-specific, gender-specific, and period-specific TB We further estimated the relative risks of PTB and EPTB in the psoriasis cohort compared with Taiwanese general population, 26 with 95% confidence intervals (CI) based on Poisson distribution.…”

“…In addition to common risk factors, we also took geographic location and urbanization level of patients' habitat into consideration, which are wellknown confounding factors for TB. 26,27 Finally, to reduce the confounding by indication, we conducted several sensitivity analyses that suggested the results are robust.…”

Ten Years Tuberculosis Trend in Gambella Regional Hospital, South Western Ethiopia

“…The overall fall of annual distribution of all forms of TB registered cases in this study is in agreement with other studies (Lobato et al, 2006), in Japan (Shimao, 2009) and the countries profile (WHO, 2012). The probable reasons of falling down may be due to continuous implementation of DOTS, increased availability of health facilities and health service delivery increment and increased awareness by the public about the disease in the area (Yun et al, 2011). currently, due to DOTS program implementations in the study area the relapse and defaulters cases were generally in a decreasing manner per years in responding to the program, which was similar to other studies done in south Ethiopia (Shargie and Lindtjorn, 2005), in northwestern shewa (Seyoum, 2007), in western Ethiopia (Ejeta et al, 2012) and in Jijiga district (Mohammed, 2007) yet these studies showed increased observations of relapse cases contrary to the present study.…”

Latent infection treatment to prevent TB transmission in school settings

“…Taiwan has a moderate burden of tuberculosis with incidence of 55 cases per 100,000 population in 2011, and this incidence fell by 25% compared with 2005 since implementation of the Mobilization Plan to Halve Tuberculosis in Ten Years (2006-2015). 2,3 Although TB is a curable disease, its characteristics of airborne transmission, delayed diagnosis, and lack of effective vaccine to prevent infection or disease together influence the performance of TB control programs. More than 50% of Taiwan's TB cases had been elderly people, but the incidence among over-65s declined over the last 5 years.…”