OBJETIVO: Elaborar e validar semanticamente um instrumento de avaliação da transferência do tratamento diretamente observado (TDO) como polÃtica de controle da tuberculose segundo a experiência de profissionais de saúde de nÃvel médio e superior. MÉTODO: Trata-se de uma investigação metodológ...
The objective of this study was to analyze the performance of a Typical Primary Health Care Unit (TPHCU) and Family Health Unit (FHU) in the cases of TB detection and verify the capacity of health services for respiratory symptomatic (RS) care according to two types of organization. The study was carried...
Objetivo. Describir el impacto de un programa de rehabilitación pulmonar en pacientes con secuelas de TB pulmonar. Método. Estudio cuasiexperimental en once pacientes en un programa de rehabilitación pulmonar con ejercicio continuo, fortalecimiento muscular y educación durante ocho semanas. Se evaluÃ...
La histoplasmosis es una enfermedad granulomatosa, producida por Histoplasma capsulatum. Causa un amplio espectro de manifestaciones clÃnicas, la más frecuente es la pulmonar. En algunos casos se presentan formas diseminadas con afectación de uno o múltiples órganos, de caracterÃsticas atÃpicas di...
OBJECTIVE: To leverage a conceptual analytical model for TB determination to identify factors that influence emergence of new cases of tuberculosis (TB) and poor TB treatment outcomes in Brazil. METHODS: This was a cross-sectional study based on data from Brazil's Notifiable Disease Surveillance System d...
Background: Tuberculosis (TB) is an ancient disease, endemic in some regions, caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Among 22 countries accounting for 90% of tuberculosis cases worldwide, Brazil occupies the 17th place. The gastrointestinal form ranks sixth (5%) of extrapulmonary cases, while anorectal re...
Xpert MTB/RF is an automatic methodology that uses the polymerase chain reaction to detect in less than two hours the presence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and also informs about the sensibility to rifampicin. This technology has good sensibility and even better specificity in respiratory samples. In no...
RESUMOObjetivo:analisar os fatores associados à porta de entrada de sistemas de saúde de municÃpios brasileiros para o diagnóstico da tuberculose em pessoas idosas.Método:estudo tipo inquérito, cuja amostra foi de 91 idosos, em uma população de 706 casos de tuberculose. Coleta de dados feita por ...
Introducción: Desde el inicio de la pandemia del VIH, las infecciones oportunistas (IO) han marcado su pronóstico. El acceso a la terapia antirretroviral de gran actividad (TARGA) supone cambios significativos en la historia natural de la enfermedad. Objetivo: Describir las caracterÃsticas de la IO en...
Colombia,
Accesibilidad a los Servicios de Salud,
Candidiasis,
VIH,
SÃndrome de Inmunodeficiencia Adquirida,
Infecciones Oportunistas,
Leucopenia,
Linfocitos,
Mortalidad Hospitalaria,
Pandemias,
Tuberculosis,
Hospitales Universitarios
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the knowledge regarding tuberculosis among relatives of patients with tuberculosis and the possible factors associated with this event and also to conduct comparative analyses between groups of relatives with or with few knowledge regarding tuberculosis, c...