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Use of amplified Mycobacterium tuberculosis direct test in respiratory samples ...
Barreto,Leonardo Bruno Paz Ferreira; Lourenço,Maria Cristina da Silva; Rolla,Valéria Cavalcanti; Veloso,Valdiléia Gonçalves; Huf,GiseleOBJECTIVE: To compare the accuracy of the amplified Mycobacterium tuberculosis direct (AMTD) test with reference methods for the laboratory diagnosis of tuberculosis in HIV-infected patients. METHODS: This was a study of diagnostic accuracy comparing AMTD test results with those obtained by culture on Löwenstein-Jensen (LJ) medium and by the BACTEC Mycobacteria Growth Indicator Tube 960 (BACTEC MGIT 960) system...
Preditores dos desfechos do tratamento da tuberculose
Orofino,Renata de Lima; Brasil,Pedro Emmanuel Americano do; Trajman,Anete; Schmaltz,Carolina Arana Stanis; Dalcolmo,Margareth; Rolla,Valéria CavalcantiOBJETIVO: Analisar os desfechos do tratamento da tuberculose e seus preditores. MÉTODOS: Estudo longitudinal de coorte de pacientes com tuberculose tratados entre 2004 e 2006 no Instituto de Pesquisa Evandro Chagas, na cidade do Rio de Janeiro. As razões de risco ajustadas (RRa) dos preditores foram estimadas. RESULTADOS: Foram incluídos 311 pacientes. As taxas de cura, de abandono, de mortalidade e de falha te...
Effectiveness of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) used concomitantl...
Sant'Anna,Flávia Marinho; Velasque,Luciane; Costa,Marli Jane; Schmaltz,Carolina Arana; Morgado,Mariza Gonçalves; Lourenço,Maria CristinaThis study evaluated the effectiveness of two HAART regimens concomitant to rifampicin based tuberculosis (TB) treatment. Patients with TB/HIV diagnosis followed at the TB program between June 2000 and March 2005 were prospectively evaluated. The different HAART regimens in antiretrovirals (ARV) treatment naïve and ARV experienced patients were compared. The effectiveness of HAART was defined as a VL <80 copies...