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Avaliação do tratamento diretamente observado e do sistema de informação do programa de controle da tuberculose em unidades de saúde da família no município do Rio de Janeiro

O estudo teve como objetivo avaliar a implementação do Tratamento Diretamente Observado e do Sistema de Informação da Tuberculose em dez unidades de Atenção Primária à Saúde da Área de Planejamento 2.1 do município do Rio de Janeiro.Trata-se de pesquisa avaliativa do tipo análise de implement...

Tuberculose entre crianças e adolescentes indígenas no Brasil: fatores associados ao óbito e ao abandono do tratamento

Cad. Saúde Pública (Online); 35 (supl.3), 2019
Resumo: O objetivo deste estudo foi descrever características clínicas e sociodemográficas, estimar a incidência da tuberculose (TB), além de analisar fatores associados ao abandono e ao óbito na vigência do tratamento dos casos de TB notificados entre crianças e adolescentes indígenas, no Brasi...

Characteristics of basic health units and detection of tuberculosis cases

Abstract INTRODUCTION Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious and contagious disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. TB emerged in the 21st century as an unsolved public health problem. This study aimed to analyze the relationship between the characteristics of basic health units (BHUs) and the number...

Accuracy of a rapid molecular test for tuberculosis in sputum samples, bronchoalveolar lavage fluid, and tracheal aspirate obtained from patients with suspected pulmonary tuberculosis at a tertiary referral hospital

J. bras. pneumol; 45 (2), 2019
ABSTRACT Tuberculosis continues to be a major public health problem worldwide. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the accuracy of the Xpert MTB/RIF rapid molecular test for tuberculosis, using pulmonary samples obtained from patients treated at the Júlia Kubitschek Hospital, which is operated ...

Records in tuberculosis detection: perception of health professionals

Abstract Objective: to know the perception of health professionals about the records produced in the detection of symptomatic respiratory symptoms of tuberculosis. Method: a qualitative study carried out in the municipalities of Sapucaia do Sul and Pelotas (Rio Grande do Sul state). Data were collected...

Should active case finding be conducted among patients with respiratory symptoms independently of local epidemiological settings?

J. bras. pneumol; 45 (6), 2019

Performance of diagnostic tests for pulmonary tuberculosis in indigenous populations in Brazil: the contribution of Rapid Molecular Testing

J. bras. pneumol; 45 (2), 2019
ABSTRACT Objective: To evaluate the accuracy of rapid molecular testing as a diagnostic tool and estimate the incidence of smear-positive pulmonary tuberculosis among the indigenous population. Methods: This is an epidemiological study based on secondary data. We calculated the incidence of smear-posit...

Comparison of GeneXpert MTB/RIF assay and LED-FM microscopy for the diagnosis of extra pulmonary tuberculosis in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

Braz. j. microbiol; 49 (4), 2018
ABSTRACT GeneXpert is one of the recent technological instruments used to diagnose tuberculosis in a short span of time. In this study, the performance of GeneXpert MTB/RIF assay for the diagnosis of extrapulmonary tuberculosis (EPTB) was compared with light-emitting diode Fluorescent Microscopy (LED-FM)...

Mesenteroplicatura total con tutor transitorio: Prevención de la obstrucción recurrente por adherencias

Rev. argent. cir; 110 (4), 2018
La preocupación por los trastornos intestinales y la oclusión, como consecuencia de la formación de bridas peritoneoviscerales producidas por gestos quirúrgicos manuales e instrumentales, ha dado lugar a procedimientos con miras a evitarlas o minimizarlas. En este marco, la técnica de mesenteroplica...

Assessing and screening for T-cell epitopes from Mycobacterium tuberculosis RD2 proteins for the diagnosis of active tuberculosis

Braz. j. infect. dis; 22 (6), 2018
ABSTRACT The Region of D eletion 2 (RD2) of Mycobacterium tuberculosis encodes reserved antigens that contribute to bacterial virulence. Among these antigens, Rv1983, Rv1986, Rv1987, and Rv1989c have been shown to be immunodominant in infected cattle; however, their diagnostic utility has not been evalua...