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UnknownNCT06141148
Clinical Presentation, and Treatment Outcomes in Tuberculous Patients in Sohag Governorate
Clinical Presentaion, and Treatment Outcomes in Tuberculous Patients in Sohag Governorate
- Status
- Unknown
- Phase
- —
- Study type
- Observational
- Enrollment
- 200 (estimated)
- Sponsor
- Sohag University · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 18 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease that commonly affects the lung and is caused by a bacterium called Mycobacterium Tuberculosis. The bacterium mostly affects people with impaired immunity TB becomes the second leading cause of morbidity and mortality among infectious diseases, following the emergence of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). HIV is the commonest risk factor for developing a life-threatening tuberculosis disease, on the other hand, HIV related immunodeficiency is worsened by TB infection.TB is among the top 10 causes of death worldwide. In2019, among 8.8 million adults who developed TB disease, 36% were women .TB has become the fifth leading cause of death among women.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| DIAGNOSTIC_TEST | sputum analysis | sputum analysis to diagnose tuberculosis |
| DIAGNOSTIC_TEST | lymph node biobsy | to diagnose tuberculous lymphadenitis |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2023-11-01
- Primary completion
- 2024-12-30
- Completion
- 2024-12-30
- First posted
- 2023-11-21
- Last updated
- 2023-11-21
Locations
1 site across 1 country: Egypt
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT06141148. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.