Down 12% of TB cases in the community of Madrid.
Drops 12% of TB cases in the community of Madrid. 24 March, World TB day. -health emphasizes early diagnosis for this disease control -community features with mobile devices to ensure the treatment of groups disadvantaged Madrid, March of 2013.- the Comunidad de Madrid in 2012 recorded a total of 778 cases of tuberculosis – provisional data – which is 12% less compared to the previous year (883 cases), and maintained a downward trend in recent years. The incidence rate of TB in the community of Madrid is 12 cases per 100,000 population, similar to the national level figure. On the occasion of the celebration of the World TB Day, primary care, Antonio Alemany, CEO reminds that the control of this disease is based on an early diagnosis, treatment to cure monitoring and follow-up of the relatives to the sick. If the treatment is not fulfilled daily, may develop drug-resistant tuberculosis, which is more difficult to cure ”. Tuberculosis is a disease that is preventable and curable; successfully treated up to 95% of the sick are healed completely. In the community of Madrid, the highest incidence of tuberculosis is recorded in young adults and people over 74 years, although they occur in all ages. The area in which a greater number of cases focuses on the community is the Central District of the capital. Tuberculosis in foreign-born people represents almost...
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