Assessment of the Prevalence of Tuberculosis among the High Risk Populations of Bera, Pabna

The study was conducted to evaluate the prevalence of tuberculosis among the populations of Bera, Pabna from January to December 2021. Samples (Sputum) were collected from 09 different unions of susceptible pulmonary TB patients of different ages and occupations by field health workers in Bera, Pabna using a pretest and questionnaire. A gross of 4353 samples (January-December 2021) was tested by fluorescent smear microscope and GeneXpert, in the middle of them, 2442 (56%) were male, and the rest of 1911 (44%) were female. We stained 2577 samples and 151 participants tested positive. By the GeneXpert method, we tested 1776 samples and 266 tested positive. We identify a total of 417 sputa positive, of these 253 (61%) were male and 164 (39%) were female. We found a total of 542 positive TB patients from January to December 2021, in the middle of them, Bacteriologically confirm 405 (75%), Clinically diagnosed 25 ( 5% ), Extrapulmonary 78 (14%), Retreatment 32 (6%) and Failure 2 (0%). The maximum positive TB patient's age was >65 years. In comparisons between 2020 and 2021, the number of positive TB patients in 2020 was 408, and in 2021 was 542. Microscopy and Xpert test together to make it possible for large amounts of presumptive tests and diagnosed easily to determine the prevalence of tuberculosis. The overall prevalence of pulmonary tuberculosis among the participants was 9.6%.