DETERMINING THE DEMOGRAPHIC PATTERNS OF DRUG-RESISTANT AND DRUGSUSCEPTIBLE TUBERCULOSIS IN LARKANA, RESISTANT AND DRUG-SUSCEPTIBLE TUBERCULOSIS IN LARKANA, PAKISTAN THROUGH A RETROSPECTIVE SURVEYPAKISTAN THROUGH A RETROSPECTIVE SURVEY

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Objective: To determine the effects of Tai Chi exercises on physical activity, pulmonary function, and rate of perceived exer-tion in post-coronary artery bypass grafting patients. Objectives: The objective of this research was to find out the demographic characteristics of drug-susceptible and drug-re-sistant Tuberculosis in Larkana, Pakistan. Material and Methods: A retrospective survey was conducted on data from the TB Control Program Larkana recorded between 1st January 2021 to 3rd June 2022. 7 sentinel sites and 5 Programmatic Management of Drug[1]resistant Tuberculosis sites report the data to the TB control program. The data was entered into Excel and analyzed through frequency tables, histograms, and bar charts. Results: A total of 39,210 Tuberculosis cases were reported to TB control program LARKANA from 1st January 2021 to 3rd June 2022; 38,723 were drug-susceptible while 487 were drug-resistant TB cases. The highest percentage of TB was found in the age group 15-24 years. Males were more affected than females with drug[1]susceptible TB. In contrast, drug-resistant TB was affecting females more than males. 58% of cases were reported in the public sector while 42% cases in the private sector. The households of only 2,412 (6.22%) patients of drug[1]susceptible Tuberculosis were screened out of 38,723 patients. In 2815 Tuberculosis patients screened for HIV, 4 drug-susceptible and 5 drug-resistant cases were positive for HIV. 8.41% of drug-resistant TB patients were diabetic Conclusion: The frequency of TB cases is high in Larkana, especially among 15-24-year-olds. Household contact screening is inadequate in Larkana. There is a high percentage of coexisting drug-resistant TB and diabetes.