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Household members and health care workers as supervisors of tuberculosis treatment
Maciel,Ethel Leonor Noia; Guidoni,Leticia Molino; Brioshi,Ana Paula; Prado,Thiago Nascimento do; Fregona,Geisa; Hadad,David JamilOBJECTIVE: To compare tuberculosis cure rates among patients supervised by household members or health care workers. METHODS: Prospective cohort study of 171 patients treated by the program in Vitoria, Southeastern Brazil, from 2004 to 2007. Each patient was followed-up for six months until the end of the treatment. Of the patients studied, a household member supervised 59 patients and healthcare workers superv...
Efeitos adversos causados pelo novo esquema de tratamento da tuberculose precon...
Maciel,Ethel Leonor Noia; Guidoni,Letícia Molino; Favero,Juliana Lopes; Hadad,David Jamil; Molino,Lucilia Pereira; Jonhson,John L; Dietze,ReynaldoOBJETIVO: Determinar os principais efeitos adversos causados pelo esquema de tratamento da tuberculose preconizado pelo Ministério da Saúde. MÉTODOS: Estudo descritivo e prospectivo envolvendo 79 pacientes com tuberculose tratados no Centro de Pesquisa Clínica do Hospital Universitário Cassiano Antônio Moraes, no município de Vitória, ES, entre 2003 e 2006. O regime de tratamento consistiu em isoniazida, rifamp...