Venugopalan B
Disease Control Unit, Selangor State Health Department, Wisma Masalam, Jalan Tengku Ampuan Zabedah, Shah Alam, Selangor.
Med J Malaysia. 2004 Mar;59(1):20-5.
In the year 2001, 1459 Tuberculosis (TB) cases (43.1/100,000 population) were notified in Selangor. The highest age specific incidence rate was among those aged above 60 years and foreigners accounted for 15% of the cases notified. Fifteen percent of the TB cases were treated in the private sector where treatment efficacy and compliance could not be evaluated. Co- infection of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection with TB accounted for 51% of the TB deaths notified. Screening programmes in prisons and drug rehabilitation centres had detected 11.7% of HIV/TB coinfection among HIV positive inmates screened in these institutions.
2001年，雪兰莪州报告了1459例结核病病例（发病率为43.1/10万人口）。年龄别发病率最高的是60岁以上人群，外国人占报告病例的15%。15%的结核病病例在私立部门接受治疗，其治疗效果和依从性无法评估。人类免疫缺陷病毒（HIV）感染与结核病的合并感染占报告结核病死亡病例的51%。监狱和戒毒中心的筛查项目在这些机构筛查的HIV阳性囚犯中检测出11.7%的HIV/结核病合并感染。
