Kesesuaian antara Foto Toraks dan Mikroskopis Sputum pada Evaluasi Respons Pengobatan Tuberkulosis Paru setelah Enam Bulan Pengobatan

Abstract

Evaluation of pulmonary tuberculosis treatment include clinical, bacteriological, and radiological evaluation. Bacteriological evaluation aims to detect sputum conversion as an indicator of treatment success. Chest radiograph is simple, quick and relatively low cost, but it has not been used as an indicator of treatment success. This study aims was to compare the compatibility between chest radiograph and microscopic sputum in patients with lung tuberculosis after sixth months of treatment. The study was conducted on 246 new lung tuberculosis patients that had received treatment for six months. Data was taken from Proverty Related Infection Oriented Research (PRIOR) at Medical Faculty of Padjadjaran University in Bandung that was held from September 2000 to December 2005. Assessment of chest radiographs was performed by two expert radiologists. Age of the subjects were 15−67 years old. The study showed that chest radiograph assessment was compatible with sputum microscopy result. The suitability value between them was 0.420 (fair) by the first radiologist and 0.446 (fair) by the second radiologists. In conclusion, there is compatibility between assessment chest radiograph and microscopic sputum examination at the responses evaluation of the lung tuberculosis patients after six months of therapy. Chest radiograph can be an alternative for response evaluation of lung tuberculosis after six months of therapy.

Keywords

• Lungs tuberculosis
• microscopic sputum
• thorax photo