World TB Day, Qingyuan tuberculosis drug-resistant patients increased situation still not optimistic

March 24 is the World TB Day, the theme is "You and I participate in the legal prevention and control of tuberculosis-detection, treatment and cure every patient."

Nanfang Daily News (Reporter/Liu Qiuyi correspondent/Feng Guang) March 24 is the World TB Day, the theme is "You and I participate in the legal prevention and control of tuberculosis-to find, treat and cure every patient." The reporter learned from 24th of the TB prevention and control knowledge propaganda meeting, 2014 the whole city discovered registered active tuberculosis patient 3237 cases, smear cure rate from 2011 96.3% drop to last year 92.8%. Corresponding to this is, Qingyuan tuberculosis drug-resistant patients increased, resistant to multiple drug control forced on the brow. "The situation of prevention and treatment of tuberculosis in Qingyuan is still grim".

According to the Qingyuan Chronic Disease Hospital statistics, from 2011 to 2014, the TB referral rate rose from 73.4% to 97.9%, tracking rate from 92% to 99%, the overall position rate from 70.9% to 92.1%, and the cure rate of smear-positive from 96.3% to 92.8%.

It is understood that TB cured patients with a low rate of rehabilitation, about 1%-3%. The incidence of relapse is mostly caused by reinfection, and it is not left by the initial onset. However, the current basic drugs for the treatment of tuberculosis have a certain role in the treatment of patients with initial infection, but for the recurrence of patients, drug resistance significantly increased. "Qingyuan tuberculosis drug-resistant patients increased, multidrug-resistant prevention is imminent." "Drug resistance has become a prominent problem and needs to be addressed as soon as possible," said Qingyuan, a chronic hospital director at the Symposium.

The above-mentioned director said, Qingyuan Tuberculosis laboratory construction is very worrying, 8 counties (city, district) TB laboratory personnel, venues, equipment problems, individual county-level laboratory personnel shortage, a unit only one laboratory staff, seriously affect the development of the specialist.