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KMID : 0984720060380060383
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Infection and Chemotherapy
2006 Volume.38 No. 6 p.383 ~ p.388
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Clinical Characteristics of Tuberculosis in Combat and Auxiliary Police in Korea
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Moon Chang-Gi
Park Sang-Joon
Cho Min-Gu
Kim Young-Jung
Kim So-Yeon
Kim Youn-Kwon
Jung Jun-Oh
Ahn Seok-Jin
Kim Eun-Sil
Suh Seong-O
Kim Ji-Hoon
Choi Won-Je
Lee Yoon-Young
Park Hyung-Ki
Choi Kyu-Young
Kim Hyun-Keun
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Abstract
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Background: The purpose of this study was to document the incidence and clinical characteristics of patients with tuberculosis (TB) in combat and auxiliary police, living in a group, in Korea where the incidence rate of active TB in a general population is higher than in Western countries.
Materials & Methods: We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of all tuberculosis patients diagnosed at National Police Hospital from January 2002 through December 2004.
Results: In 2002-2004, a total of 156 cases of tuberculosis were identified with the mean (Standard deviation) age of 20.6 (+/-1.0) years. Of these, 134 (85.9%) patients were registered as new cases, 11 (7.1%) as relapse, 2 (1.3%) as failure, 5 (3.1%) as treatment-after-default cases whereas 4 (2.6 %) patients were not included in any categories. Average annual new TB rate and smear-positive TB rate were 86.5/105 and 17.4/105 person-years, respectively. In 12 of 31 smear-positive cases, time from onset of symptoms to diagnosis was more than 30 days. Two multidrug-resistance TB cases were identified and two suspected outbreak episodes of TB had occurred during 3 years.
Conclusion: There was no statistically significant difference in the incidence rate of new cases of TB between the general population aged 20 to 29 years and combat and auxiliary police in Korea.
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KEYWORD
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Combat Police, Auxiliary Police, Incidence rate
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