Survey of distribution of 1 957 cases with infectious diseases in Shantou Municipal Central Hospital

Objective To learn the constitution of infectious diseases in a comprehensive hospital,aiming at doing well in the prevention and control of them,and providing scientific basis for formulating reasonable measures of disinfection and isolation. Methods 1 957 patients with infectious diseases,which sought medical advice in our hospital from July 1st,2004 to June 30th,2005,were investigated and analyzed by retrospective way. Results Among 1 957 cases with infectious diseases,there were 1 863 cases of Class B and 94 cases of Class C.The main diseases were viral hepatitis,pulmonary tuberculosis,typhoid and paratyphoid,epidemic mumps,and measles,etc.In view of different infectious ways,the respiratory tract diseases ranked first,followed by the hematogenous and sexual infectious ones.In view of seasons,the incidences in the first and the forth quarter were low,while those in the second and the forth quarter were high. Conclusion In order to further the reduction of the incidence of infectious diseases,the monitoring of infectious diseases and the dynamic analysis of epidemic situation should be strengthened firstly,then the work of prevention and cure should be focused on the major infectious diseases such as viral hepatitis,pulmonary tuberculosis,etc,and thirdly,the work of prevention and inoculation all kinds of infectious diseases should be done well to improve the immunity of healthy people from infectious diseases.