Authors :
Bourdettes Meye; Guy Roger Ndong Atome; Cedric Sima Obiang; Hilaire Kenguele Moundounga; Thièry Ndong Mba; Dieudonné Nkoghe; Joseph Privat Ondo; Louis-Clément Obame Engonga
Volume/Issue :
Volume 8 - 2023, Issue 6 - June
Google Scholar :
https://bit.ly/3TmGbDi
Scribd :
https://tinyurl.com/42jkvsuu
DOI :
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8170673
Abstract :
Background: In Gabon, the epidemic of pulmonary
tuberculosis (TB) in prisons is poorly documented. There
is no official data, even though these environments meet
the perfect conditions for transmission of the disease:
overcrowding, close and prolonged contact, and the
inexistence of a policy of screening/medical check-up of
inmates upon their admission to prison. The objective of
this study was to conduct a prospective and cross-
sectional study to assess the prevalence of pulmonary
tuberculosis in the prison environment of Yéné, the
central prison of Franceville, capital of the Haut-Ogooué
province.
Methods: A preliminary clinical survey of inmates
identified a cohort of 100 individuals suspected of having
TB based on clinical symptoms. Subsequently, from June
9 to 13, 2022, we collected sputum samples from inmates
suspected of having TB. These samples were analyzed by
the molecular biology technique GeneXpert MTB/RIF.Conclusion: In Yéné prison, the non-existence of
diagnostic tests for TB to newly incarcerated inmates
puts other inmates as well as prison officers at risk for
TB infection.
Keywords :
Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Tuberculosis, GeneXpert, prison environment, Haut-Ogooué.
Background: In Gabon, the epidemic of pulmonary
tuberculosis (TB) in prisons is poorly documented. There
is no official data, even though these environments meet
the perfect conditions for transmission of the disease:
overcrowding, close and prolonged contact, and the
inexistence of a policy of screening/medical check-up of
inmates upon their admission to prison. The objective of
this study was to conduct a prospective and cross-
sectional study to assess the prevalence of pulmonary
tuberculosis in the prison environment of Yéné, the
central prison of Franceville, capital of the Haut-Ogooué
province.
Methods: A preliminary clinical survey of inmates
identified a cohort of 100 individuals suspected of having
TB based on clinical symptoms. Subsequently, from June
9 to 13, 2022, we collected sputum samples from inmates
suspected of having TB. These samples were analyzed by
the molecular biology technique GeneXpert MTB/RIF.Conclusion: In Yéné prison, the non-existence of
diagnostic tests for TB to newly incarcerated inmates
puts other inmates as well as prison officers at risk for
TB infection.
Keywords :
Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Tuberculosis, GeneXpert, prison environment, Haut-Ogooué.
