Pulmonary Tuberculosis, Transversal Epidemiological Study

Abstract

The present work is a descriptive transversal, epidemiological study, of the patients diagnosed with pulmonary tuberculosis, admitted at Pneumophtisiology Hospital Brasov, in the first three months of 2011. The aim of the study is the analysis of particular conditions of contacting the disease, the identification of the risk factors involved in the occurrence of pulmonary tuberculosis, and the analysis of their distribution in the study group. There was a high percentage of new cases of disease (68%), 62% of patients are smokers, 47% are alcohol consumers, and 17% are low-income.