EpiReview: Tuberculosis in NSW, 2008

April R. Roberts-Witteveen; AmandaJ. Christensen; Jeremy M. McAnulty

doi:10.1071/NB10005

RESEARCH ARTICLE

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EpiReview: Tuberculosis in NSW, 2008

April R. Roberts-Witteveen ^A ^B , AmandaJ. Christensen ^A and Jeremy M. McAnulty ^A

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^A Communicable Diseases Branch, NSW Department of Health

^B Corresponding author. Email: arobe@doh.health.nsw.gov.au

NSW Public Health Bulletin 21(8) 174-182 https://doi.org/10.1071/NB10005
Published: 27 September 2010

Abstract

Aim: To describe the epidemiology of tuberculosis cases notified in NSW in 2008. Method: Data on tuberculosis cases resident in NSW that were reported in 2008 were extracted from the Notifiable Diseases Database. Demographic, microbiological, clinical and other characteristics of cases were described. Incidence rates per 100 000 were calculated. Results: In 2008, 498 tuberculosis cases were notified in NSW (7.1 cases per 100 000 population). Most cases were newly diagnosed (n = 479, 96%). The lung was the most common site of disease (n = 304, 61%). Eight of 269 tested cases (1.6%) had a HIV-tuberculosis co-infection. One case had multidrug-resistant tuberculosis. Most cases reported past residence (n = 429, 86%) or birth (n = 378, 76%) in a country with a high incidence of tuberculosis. Conclusion: The incidence of tuberculosis in NSW increased slightly in 2008. Most cases had links to countries with a high tuberculosis incidence.

Acknowledgments

We acknowledge the role of staff of the chest clinics, public health units, laboratories, doctors in collecting and reporting data on TB cases in NSW. In particular we acknowledge Vitali Sintchenko and Peter Jelfs from the Institute of Clinical Pathology and Medical Research.

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