SETTING: Bugando Medical Centre, a referral consultant hospital in the lake zone to which all inmates from Butimba prison are admitted and treated. OBJECTIVE: To determine the extent of open (smear-positive) tuberculosis and other types of tuberculosis among prisoners with tuberculosis. DESIGN: A retrospective cohort study. Case notes of 501 prisoners from January 1994 to December 1997 were retrieved and reviewed. RESULTS: The proportion of open tuberculosis in this study was high, with 204 prisoners (40.7%) having smear-positive tuberculosis. Co-infection was recorded in the majority of patients; HIV/AIDS was recorded in 25.9% of cases. The mean length of imprisonment at the time of diagnosis was 19 months. CONCLUSION: The proportion of open, smear-positive tuberculosis among prisoners admitted with tuberculosis is high. Intervention measures specifically targeting this population are urgently needed in order to contain tuberculosis disease in the prison population.
SETTING: Bugando Medical Centre, a referral consultant hospital in the lake zone to which all inmates from Butimba prison are admitted and treated. OBJECTIVE: To determine the extent of open (smear-positive) tuberculosis and other types of tuberculosis among prisoners with tuberculosis. DESIGN: A retrospective cohort study. Case notes of 501 prisoners from January 1994 to December 1997 were retrieved and reviewed. RESULTS: The proportion of open tuberculosis in this study was high, with 204 prisoners (40.7%) having smear-positive tuberculosis. Co-infection was recorded in the majority of patients; HIV/AIDS was recorded in 25.9% of cases. The mean length of imprisonment at the time of diagnosis was 19 months. CONCLUSION: The proportion of open, smear-positive tuberculosis among prisoners admitted with tuberculosis is high. Intervention measures specifically targeting this population are urgently needed in order to contain tuberculosis disease in the prison population.
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