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Tuberculosis (Reference #5)
by 2-5% more) we have decided to use culture positivity for
Mycobacterium tuberculosis to track tuberculosis infections in the
current iteration of the EPI software package. Information regarding
susceptibility will be tracked as well. For the national EPI program,
there will be no need to enter specific antimycobacterial agents to be
tracked; it will be done automatically. ICD coding is complex and
confusing for many cases of tuberculosis and therefore will not be used.
Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection is an important public health
concern. Recent increases in incidence of disease, and occurrence of
multiply-drug resistant strains in outbreak situations along with the
increased susceptibility of HIV-infected persons for this disease has
generated renewed interest in this entity. Since the national data show
that 80-85% of all reported active tuberculosis cases are culture positive
(with acid fast bacilli smear-only positive cases increasing the reporting
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