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Tuberculosis-related technical enquiries received by a national level institution in Japan, 2014-2016.
Public Health Action 2018 September 22
Background: Japan had a tuberculosis (TB) notification rate of 13.9 per 100 000 population in 2016. Objectives: To characterise TB-related enquiries received by the Research Institute of Tuberculosis, Tokyo, Japan, between January 2014 and December 2016. Design: A descriptive study of the time, place and other attributes of the enquiries. Results: A total of 1864 enquiries were listed for analysis. On average, 51.8 enquiries (range 30-77) were received per month. The enquiry rates were highest for Yamanashi (5.87/100 000) and Kochi (5.77) Prefectures, and lowest in Miyazaki (0.45) and Saga (0.48) Prefectures. Enquirers belonged mostly to local governments ( n = 1212, 65%) and health care facilities ( n = 386, 21%), and included medical doctors ( n = 412, 22%), nurses ( n = 926, 50%) and the general public ( n = 150, 8.0%). Most enquiries concerned TB diagnosis and treatment ( n = 475, 25%), including diagnosis in general ( n = 38, 2.0%), laboratory diagnosis ( n = 83, 4.5%), anti-tuberculosis treatment in general ( n = 62, 3.3%) and the management of comorbidities or adverse events ( n = 60, 3.2%), followed by contact investigations ( n = 371, 20%). Conclusions: As most enquiries concerned the diagnosis and treatment of TB, the Ministry of Health of Japan should maintain a number of specialised TB institutions with TB clinicians to provide technical assistance.
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