A hanseníase é uma doença infectocontagiosa, causada pelo agente etiológico Mycrobacteriumleprae, o homem é seu hospedeiro. Doença de notificação compulsória, através do Sistema de Informação de Agravos de Notificação (SINAN). Uma patologia que vem se manifestando durante muitos séculos, d...
Objetivo: Analisar biópsias de pele de pacientes com suspeita de hanseníase e LTA atendidos no serviço de dermatologia de um hospital público de Recife-PE. Métodos: Trata-se de um estudo de caráter retrospectivo, transversal, descritivo, qualitativo no qual foram analisadas biópsias de pele de pac...
Abstract The objective of this study was to describe the trend of detection of the disease in Brazil from 1990 to 2016. The joinpoint regression model was used. There was a significant trend of decreased detection in the country (average annual percent change −1.8%) and in the South (average annual...
Resumo Objetivo Investigar as evidências científicas sobre as úlceras de pernas como sequela da hanseníase. Métodos Revisão Integrativa da Literatura (RIL). Para identificação do tema e questão de pesquisa, utilizou-se a estratégia PICo, na sequencia procedeu-se a busca nas bases de dados: ...
ABSTRACT Objective: Elaborate and validate an educational technology for adolescents on leprosy, focusing on preventing the disease and reducing stigma. Method: First, a prototype of the educational technology was elaborated and later analyzed by 17 adolescents and 7 researchers' experts in the leprosy...
ABSTRACT Objective: To investigate in the literature the relation of socioeconomic factors in the incidence of the disease and other outcomes related to leprosy. Method: Integrative review conducted in Lilacs, Medline, Scopus databases and SciELO online library with studies from 2000 to 2016. Results:...
ABSTRACT Objectives: to identify scientific evidence in the literature regarding educational actions on leprosy developed with adolescents. Method: an integrative review of the literature, with the following research question: what are the leprosy educational practices currently being developed with ad...
ABSTRACT Objective: To report the experience of professors and students in the development and implementation of an educational workshop on leprosy with adolescents. Method: This is a case report from actions contained in a university extension project. Results: The workshop program was elaborated with...
ABSTRACT Objective: to analyze the temporal trend and epidemiological patterns of leprosy indicators in Sobral, a municipality countryside of the state of Ceará, from 2001 to 2016. Method: a time series study based on data from the Department of Informatics of the Unified Health System. The time trend...
Introducción: La lepra es una infección bacteriana compleja causada por el bacilo Mycobacterium leprae, puede causar discapacidad, afecta principalmente a la piel, los nervios periféricos, la mucosa de las vías respiratorias superiores y los ojos. Caso clínico: Paciente de 22 años de edad, con en...
