Tuberculosis ICD-10 A15-A19: Dr. Nadia Aziz C.A.B.C.M Department of Community Medicine Baghdad Medical College
Tuberculosis ICD-10 A15-A19: Dr. Nadia Aziz C.A.B.C.M Department of Community Medicine Baghdad Medical College
Tuberculosis ICD-10 A15-A19: Dr. Nadia Aziz C.A.B.C.M Department of Community Medicine Baghdad Medical College
ICD-10 A15-A19
• HIV-infected persons
infection.
BCG.
new infection.
Tuberculin skin test
Multidrug-resistant TB
2- Case-finding
3- Contact investigations
A. Preventive measures:
1) Promptly identify, diagnose and treat
potentially infectious patients with TB disease.
Establish case-finding and treatment
facilities for infectious cases to reduce
transmission.
Methods of control
2) Ensure medical, laboratory and X-ray
facilities, ensure provision of drugs and
facilities for early and complete treatment of
cases and people at high risk of infection, and
of beds for those needing hospitalization.
Methods of control
2- Miliary disease
3- Bone/Joint disease
4- HIV infection
Treatment failure
Sputum smear positivity at 5 months from start of
treatment
can be due to irregular drug-taking or
the presence of drug-resistant bacilli.
If INH or RIF cannot be included, treatment
should continue for at least 18 months after
cultures have become negative.
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