Spatial and Temporal Epidemiological Study of Smear Positive Tuberculosis in Kendari, Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia

Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease caused by the bacillus Mycobacterium tuberculosis. It is estimated that a third world population infected mycobacterium tuberculosis, 95% of cases and 98% of worldwide TB deaths occur in developing countries. Planning of pulmonary TB management, surveillance system should identified patient's location to be map using spatial and temporal approach. This study aims to understand spatial and temporal pictures of smear positive pulmonary tuberculosis disease in Kendari.

Descriptive quantitative and ecologic study.

Population in this study is all pulmonary Tuberculosis patients with smear positive result located in Kendari and listed in tuberculosis register at Health Official in Kendari In 2011–2013. Preparation and analysis of data with Arview GIS 3.3 software to describe the distribution of Pulmonary Tuberculosis occurrence in Kendari in 2013.

Finding of smear positive Pulmonary Tuberculosis cases in 2011–2013 is in low category with percentage of case range between 0–35% in all districts in Kendari, menawhile in 2013 finding of smear positive Pulmonary Tuberculosis case occurred in the populous districts that is Wua-Wua district with percetage of the case findings range between 36–69% in mild category. Increasing of TB cases occurred in 2013 as many as 1228 cases.

Improving the strategy of overcoming, preventing, and dragging the case of pulmonary Tuberculosis particularly in vulnerable populous area which have high incidence cases in Kendari.