ODONTO: Dental Journal (Aug 2020)
STUDY ANALYSIS OF ORAL TUBERCULOSIS LESION IN SOUTH KALIMANTAN, INDONESIA
Abstract
Background: Tuberculosis is an infectious disease which is the second-largest cause of death in the world after HIV / AIDS. Tuberculosis caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis that usually attacks the lungs but can manifest in the oral mucosa. Clinical manifestations of oral Tuberculosis related to age, sex, duration of treatment, systemic disease, and Multi-Drug Resistant therapy. There is no research on descriptive studies of oral manifestations of tuberculosis patients in South Kalimantan, specifically in Banjarmasin. This study aims to analyze the clinical manifestations of oral Tuberculosis descriptively in South Kalimantan, Indonesia. Method: This was a descriptive analysis with cross-sectional study design, based on history and clinical oral examination. It was used 30 respondents by purposive sampling method. Data were analyzed by Chi-square (p0.05). The clinical manifestations of oral Tuberculosis are xerostomia, candidiasis, and angular cheilitis. Conclusion: The duration of treatment and the systemic diseases are associated with xerostomia and candidiasis in the oral cavity of TB patients.
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