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Speeding up the diagnosis of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in a high-burden ...

ABSTRACT Objective: To evaluate the rapid diagnosis of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis, by using a commercial line probe assay for rifampicin and isoniazid detection (LPA-plus), in the routine workflow of a tuberculosis reference laboratory. Methods: The LPA-plus was prospectively evaluated on 341 isolates concurrently submitted to the automated liquid drug susceptibility testing system. Results: Among 303 phe...

Tuberculosis and latent infection in employees of different prison unit types

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE Estimate the prevalence of active tuberculosis and latent tuberculosis infection among the staff that is in contact and the staff that is not in contact with prisoners, and investigate factors associated with latent tuberculosis infection in this population. METHODS Observational cross-sectional study, conducted from 2012 to 2015, in employees of different prison units in the municipality of ...

Why do tuberculosis patients look for urgency and emergency unities for diagnos...

Objective: To understand the social representations of patients and professionals working in the field of tuberculosis, on the reasons for seeking diagnosis and treatment in the emergency room and not in the primary health care units called Unidades Básicas de Saúde (UBS) or in the health program Programa de Saúde da Família near their residence. Methods: The survey was conducted in the health services in the m...

Tuberculosis and latent tuberculosis in prison inmates

OBJECTIVE: To estimate the prevalences of tuberculosis and latent tuberculosis in inmates. METHODS: Observational study was carried out with inmates of a prison and a jail in the State of São Paulo, Southeastern Brazil, between March and December of 2008. Questionnaires were used to collect sociodemographic and epidemiological data. Tuberculin skin testing was administered (PPD-RT23-2TU/0.1 mL), and the followi...

Infecção tuberculosa latente em profissionais contatos e não contatos de detent...

INTRODUÇÃO: Para grupos de pessoas que permanecem confinadas, principalmente em presídios, a tuberculose sempre foi um grave problema de saúde, devido a sua transmissão respiratória, colocando em risco os profissionais que trabalham no sistema prisional, especialmente os contatos de detentos. OBJETIVO: Conhecer a prevalência de infecção pelo Mycobacterium tuberculosis entre os profissionais contatos e não conta...

Indicadores de morbimortalidade hospitalar de tuberculose no Município de São P...

INTRODUÇÃO: O tratamento de tuberculose é realizado atualmente nos serviços ambulatoriais, ficando a internação recomendada para os casos de maior gravidade ou com problemas sociais. No Município de São Paulo, contudo ainda tem sido internado um número expressivo de doentes de tuberculose. OBJETIVO DO TRABALHO: Estudar as características sociodemográficas e clínico-epidemiológicas dos doentes internados com tub...

Dados de tuberculose do Estado de São Paulo