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Elaboração e validação semântica de um instrumento de avaliação da transferência do tratamento diretamente observado como política de controle da tuberculose

OBJETIVO: Elaborar e validar semanticamente um instrumento de avaliação da transferência do tratamento diretamente observado (TDO) como política de controle da tuberculose segundo a experiência de profissionais de saúde de nível médio e superior. MÉTODO: Trata-se de uma investigação metodológ...

Tuberculosis in primary health care: identifying priority cases in a municipality in southern Brazil

Acta sci., Health sci; 37 (2), 2015
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...

Efecto de la rehabilitación pulmonar en la calidad de vida y la capacidad funcional en pacientes con secuelas de tuberculosis

NOVA publ. cient; 13 (24), 2015
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...

Presentaciones atípicas de histoplasmosis

Acta méd. colomb; 40 (3), 2015
La histoplasmosis es una enfermedad granulomatosa, producida por Histoplasma capsulatum. Causa un amplio espectro de manifestaciones clínicas, la más frecuente es la pulmonar. En algunos casos se presentan formas diseminadas con afectación de uno o múltiples órganos, de características atípicas di...

Determinants of tuberculosis in Brazil: from conceptual framework to practical application

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...

Proposed tuberculosis investigation and management protocol in complex and recurrent fistula-in-ano

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...

Ensayo Xpert MTB/RIF en el diagnóstico de tuberculosis

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...

Porta de entrada para diagnóstico da tuberculose em idosos em municípios brasileiros

Rev. bras. enferm; 68 (3), 2015
RESUMOObjetivo:analisar os fatores associados à porta de entrada de sistemas de saúde de municípios 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 ...

Infecciones oportunistas en pacientes con VIH en el hospital universitario de Neiva, Colombia 2007-2012

Infectio; 19 (2), 2015
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 características de la IO en...

Factors associated with knowledge about tuberculosis and attitudes of relatives of patients with the disease in Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil

Rev. bras. epidemiol; 18 (2), 2015
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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...