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Desde el ISET al InDRE. IV. Instituto de Diagnóstico y Referencia Epidemiológicos: nueva orientación, 1990-2012

Gac. méd. Méx; 156 (2), 2020
Resumen De 1990 a 2012, el Instituto de Salubridad y Enfermedades Tropicales experimentó los cambios más importantes. En 1989 modificó su nombre y orientación a Instituto Nacional de Diagnóstico y Referencia Epidemiológicos. Poco antes se había formalizado como cúspide de la Red Nacional de Labor...

Tuberculosis in childhood and adolescence: a view from different perspectives

J. pediatr. (Rio J.); 96 (supl.1), 2020
Abstract Objective To describe the epidemiological situation of tuberculosis in children under 19 years of age in Brazil and to review the latest publications on disease risk, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention. Source of data Notifiable Diseases Information System (2018), World Health Organization e...

Anal mycobacterial infections

Abstract Background Mycobacterial infections are a serious public health problem worldwide. Involvement of the anal canal and perineum is very rare, but constitute an important differential diagnosis with other equally serious pathologies that may affect the region, such as malignant neoplasms and Crohn...

Diagnóstico diferencial en pacientes con granulomas en biopsias de pulmón, pleura y/o ganglios mediastínicos del Instituto Nacional del Tórax

Las enfermedades granulomatosas incluyen una amplia gama de enfermedades. Sin embargo, en la práctica clínica, muchos casos de enfermedad granulomatosa permanecen sin etiología después del examen histológico. Nuestro objetivo fue determinar, a partir de las biopsias de pulmón, pleura y ganglios lin...

Tuberculosis: un reto en la atención del recién nacido y cómo enfrentarlo: documento de Actualización

Rev. chil. infectol; 37 (1), 2020
Resumen La tuberculosis en etapa neonatal tiene una alta morbimortalidad, es de difícil diagnóstico e involucra al binomio madre-hijo y su entorno. Las características particulares del sistema inmune en la mujer gestante y el recién nacido, impactan en la presentación clínica de esta enfermedad. Su...

Social determinants of health and catastrophic costs associated with the diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis

J. bras. pneumol; 46 (5), 2020
ABSTRACT The epidemiological relevance of tuberculosis is directly related to the socioeconomic profile of a given country. Vulnerability to tuberculosis is influenced by biological factors (e.g., malnutrition, HIV infection, and age) and social factors (e.g., unhealthy housing, high population density, ...

Tuberculosis in elderly patients in the city of Cali, Colombia: a hospital-based cohort study

J. bras. pneumol; 46 (5), 2020

Malaria and tuberculosis as diseases of neglected populations: state of the art in chemotherapy and advances in the search for new drugs

Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz; 115 (), 2020
Malaria and tuberculosis are no longer considered to be neglected diseases by the World Health Organization. However, both are huge challenges and public health problems in the world, which affect poor people, today referred to as neglected populations. In addition, malaria and tuberculosis present the s...

Factors associated with tuberculosis in persons deprived of liberty in Espírito Santo

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVES To calculate the rate of tuberculosis cases per prison unit in Espírito Santo; present the individual, clinical, and institutional characteristics of the cases in persons deprived of liberty (PPL); and analyze the association between these characteristics and treatment outcome in t...

Retardo do diagnóstico da tuberculose em pessoas idosas: discurso dos sujeitos gestores

Objetivou-se analisar o discurso de sujeitos gestores relacionado ao retardo do diagnóstico da Tuberculose em pessoas idosas em municípios da região do Curimataú-Paraíba. Trata-se de um estudo qualitativo, cuja amostra contou com nove gestores de saúde de municípios pertencentes a 4ª Região de S...