ABSTRACT Objective: To describe the characteristics of patients diagnosed with tuberculosis and latent tuberculosis infection. Methods: A retrospective study, between 2012 and 2015, with data from patients of Programa Einstein na Comunidade de Paraisópolis. To evaluate possible factors associated with...
Distribución por Edad,
Brasil/epidemiología,
Tuberculosis Latente/diagnóstico,
Tuberculosis Latente/epidemiología,
Mycobacterium tuberculosis/aislamiento & purificación,
Radiografía Torácica,
Estudios Retrospectivos,
Distribución por Sexo,
Estadísticas no Paramétricas,
Tomógrafos Computarizados por Rayos X,
Prueba de Tuberculina/estadística & datos numéricos,
Tuberculosis Pulmonar/diagnóstico,
Tuberculosis Pulmonar/epidemiología
Resumo OBJETIVO Analisar a estrutura da atenção primária à saúde para a detecção de casos de tuberculose em dois municípios do Rio Grande do Sul. MÉTODO Descritivo, avaliativo utilizando métodos mistos, com observação da estrutura física em 69 unidades de atenção primária à saúde; e e...
ABSTRACT Objective: To identify social, clinical and behavioral factors of tuberculosis patients that are associated with delay in the search for primary health care. Method: This is a cross-sectional, quantitative study conducted with 56 people on treatment for pulmonary tuberculosis in the city of Na...
Brasil,
Estudios Transversales,
Diagnóstico Tardío/psicología,
Escolaridad,
Conducta de Búsqueda de Ayuda,
Renta/estadística & datos numéricos,
Tamizaje Masivo/psicología,
Tamizaje Masivo/tendencias,
Persona de Mediana Edad,
Aceptación de la Atención de Salud/psicología,
Factores Sexuales,
Factores Socioeconómicos,
Encuestas y Cuestionarios,
Factores de Tiempo,
Tuberculosis Pulmonar/diagnóstico,
Tuberculosis Pulmonar/psicología
Aorta/diagnóstico por imagen,
Aorta/patología,
Arteria Pulmonar/diagnóstico por imagen,
Arteria Pulmonar/patología,
Estenosis de la Válvula Pulmonar/complicaciones,
Estenosis de la Válvula Pulmonar/patología,
Arteritis de Takayasu/complicaciones,
Arteritis de Takayasu/diagnóstico,
Arteritis de Takayasu/patología,
Tomografía Computarizada por Rayos X,
Tuberculosis Pulmonar/complicaciones,
Tuberculosis Pulmonar/diagnóstico
BACKGROUND Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) is one of the most significant causes of mortality and morbidity. Early diagnose is important especially in multiple drug resistant tuberculosis to avoid transmission. Traditional techniques requires at least one to three weeks for diagnosis of tuberculosis. Di...
ABSTRACT CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE: In the twenty-first century, tuberculosis remains a serious public health problem in Brazil. The aim here was to characterize tuberculosis in a municipality with a high human development index (HDI), based on clinical and epidemiological variables. DESIGN AND SETTING: ...
The differential diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis and lymphoma with pulmonary infiltration is very difficult, given their similar clinical characteristics. We report a 59 year old female with weight loss, fever, dyspnea and cough of several months of duration. She had a cavitated mass in lung imaging....
Moraes, Eloise Brasil;
Slompo, Letícia;
Finardi, Amanda Juliane;
Silveira, Heloisa Paro Pedro da;
Ruiz, Luciana;
Gomes, Harrison Magdinier;
Richini, Virginia Bodelão;
Suffys, Philip;
Fortaleza, Carlos Magno Castelo Branco;
Cavalcanti, Ricardo;
Baptista, Ida Maria Foschiani Dias.
BACKGROUND Tuberculosis (TB) continues to be a disease that affects many countries around the world, including Brazil. Recently, a subtype of Latin American-Mediterranean family strain was identified and characterised by RDRio. The strain has been associated with different characteristics of the disease...
Araujo, Zaida;
Palacios, Andrea;
Biomon, Rubén;
Rivas-Santiago, Bruno;
Serrano, Carmen Judith;
Enciso-Moreno, Leonor;
López-Ramos, Juan Ernesto;
Wide, Albina;
Jiménez, Juan Carlos;
Larrea, Carlos Fernández de;
Enciso-Moreno, José Antonio.
Abstract INTRODUCTION: Interferon-γ (IFN-γ) plays a crucial role in resistance to mycobacterial diseases; accordingly, variants of the gene encoding this cytokine may be associated with elevated risk of contracting pulmonary tuberculosis (TB). METHODS: Blood samples were collected from 135 W...
Estudios Transversales,
Enfermedades Endémicas,
Genotipo,
Indígenas Sudamericanos/estadística & datos numéricos,
Interferón gamma/genética,
Interferón gamma/metabolismo,
Persona de Mediana Edad,
Reacción en Cadena de la Polimerasa,
Polimorfismo Genético/genética,
Prueba de Tuberculina,
Tuberculosis Pulmonar/diagnóstico,
Tuberculosis Pulmonar/epidemiología,
Tuberculosis Pulmonar/etnología,
Venezuela/epidemiología
El objetivo del estudio fue estimar la prevalencia de sintomáticos respiratorios (SR) en población peruana de 15 a más años entre el 2013 y 2015. Se realizó un análisis secundario de la Encuesta Demográfica y de Salud Familiar (ENDES). Los sujetos de estudio fueron los entrevistados de 15 años a ...
