HUBUNGAN KONSUMSI ROKOK DENGAN GRADASI BASIL TAHAN ASAM PADA SPUTUM PASIEN KASUS BARU TUBERKULOSIS PARU YANG BEROBAT DI RUMAH SAKIT KHUSUS PARU PALEMBANG
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- Background: Tuberculosis remains the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in Indonesia, with estimated 400.000 new case anually. Variety of risk factor have been attributed with tuberculosis, one of which is cigarette consumption. Risk of contracting tuberculosis increase 2-4 folds among smokers. Prevalence of smokers in Indonesia has reached 36%, which placed male smoker in Indonesia as the highest number of cigarette consumption according to WHO. Several studies also attribute cigarette consumption with number of bacilli found in microbiological diagnostic test. This study aim to know the relationship between cigarette cmoking and acid-fast bacilli grading in sputum samples of new tuberculosis case patient in Lung Special Hospital Palembang. Method: This studY is an observational analytic with cross-sectional design. Sample of this study are patients who undergo category 1 anti tuberculosis drug theraphy in Lung Special Hospital Palembang and met the exclusion and inclusion criteria. At least 76 samples required for this study. Bivariat analysis were conducted using kolmogorov-smirnov test, with significance level of p<0.05. Results: P-value of >0.05 were obtained using kolmogorov-smirnov test to analyze the relationship between cigarette smoking and AFB gradation which indiacates no relationship between cigarette smoking and AFB gradaton. Conclusion: There is no relationship between cigarette smoking and acid-fast bacilli grading in sputum samples of new tuberculosis case patient in Lung Special Hospital Palembang.