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Avaliação do desempenho dos serviços de atenção primária à saúde no controle da...
Rabelo,Juliana Veiga Costa; Navarro,Pedro Daibert de; Carvalho,Wânia da Silva; Almeida,Isabela Neves de; Oliveira,Camila Stefânie FonsecaResumo: A Organização Mundial da Saúde destaca a importância da organização e do desempenho dos serviços de saúde nas ações de controle da tuberculose. O objetivo deste estudo foi avaliar o desempenho dos serviços de atenção primaria à saúde em Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brasil, em relação às ações de controle da tuberculose nos eixos Estrutura e Processo, antes e após a utilização do instrumento validado de...
Genotype®MTBDRplus and Xpert®MTB/RIF in the diagnosis of tuberculosis and resis...
Soares,Valéria Martins; Almeida,Isabela Neves de; Vater,Maria Cláudia; Alves,Suely; Figueredo,Lida Jouca de Assis; Scherer,LucieneAbstract INTRODUCTION: The present study sought to assess the mean and activity based cost (ABC) of the laboratory diagnosis for tuberculosis through the application of conventional and molecular techniques-Xpert®MTB/RIF and Genotype®MTBDRplus-in a tertiary referral hospital in Brazil. METHODS: The mean cost and ABC formed the basis for the cost analysis of the TB laboratory diagnosis. RESULTS: The mean cost an...
Detection of Drug Resistant Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Strains Using Kit SIRE N...
Miranda,Silvana Spindola de; Almeida,Isabela Neves de; Mansur,Maria de Fátima Filardi Oliveira; Figueredo,Lida Jouca de Assis; Carvalho,Wânia da SilvaAbstract (1) Background: The Commercial Kit SIRE Nitratase® PlastLabor, is a drug susceptibility test kit used to detect Mycobacterium tuberculosis resistance to first-line TB treatment drugs. The present study aimed at evaluating its performance in a multicenter study. (2) Methods: To determine its accuracy, the proportion methods in Lowenstein Jensen medium or the BACTECTMMGITTM960 system was used as a gold s...
Factors associated with tuberculosis and multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in pa...
Soares,Valéria Martins; Almeida,Isabela Neves de; Figueredo,Lida Jouca de Assis; Haddad,João Paulo Amaral; Oliveira,Camila Stefanie Fonseca deABSTRACT Objective: To evaluate the risk factors for the development of tuberculosis and multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) in patients treated at a tertiary referral hospital. Methods: This was a cross-sectional study based on data obtained from patients treated at the Júlia Kubitschek Hospital, located in the city of Belo Horizonte, Brazil, between October of 2012 and October of 2014. We evaluated soci...
Prevalence of latent Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in renal transplant r...
Maciel,Mônica Maria Moreira Delgado; Ceccato,Maria das Graças; Carvalho,Wânia da Silva; Navarro,Pedro Daibert de; Farah,Kátia de PaulaABSTRACT Objective: To estimate the prevalence of latent Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection (LTBI) in renal transplant recipients and to assess sociodemographic, behavioral, and clinical associations with positive tuberculin skin test (TST) results. Methods: This was a cross-sectional study of patients aged ≥ 18 years who underwent renal transplantation at the Renal Transplant Center of the Federal University...
Prevalence of latent Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in prisoners
Navarro,Pedro Daibert de; Almeida,Isabela Neves de; Kritski,Afrânio Lineu; Ceccato,Maria das Graças; Maciel,Mônica Maria DelgadoABSTRACT Objective: To determine the prevalence of and the factors associated with latent Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection (LTBI) in prisoners in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. Methods: This was a cross-sectional cohort study conducted in two prisons in Minas Gerais. Tuberculin skin tests were performed in the individuals who agreed to participate in the study. Results: A total of 1,120 individuals were...
Lymphadenitis caused by infection with an isoniazid- and rifampin-resistant str...
Diniz,Lilian Martins Oliveira; Guimarães,Tiago; Oliveira,Maria das Graças Rodrigues de; Pinto,Jorge Andrade; Miranda,Silvana Spindola deWe report a rare case in a female infant (age, 3.5 months) with primary immunodeficiency (IFN-γ/IL-12 pathway defect) who presented with suppurative lymphadenitis after Mycobacterium bovis BCG vaccination. The strain of M. bovis BCG identified was found to be resistant to isoniazid and rifampin. The patient was treated with a special pharmacological regimen involving isoniazid (in a limited, strategic manner), ...
Prevalence of latent tuberculosis infection and risk of infection in patients w...
Fonseca,Jane Corrêa; Caiaffa,Waleska Teixeira; Abreu,Mery Natali Silva; Farah,Katia de Paula; Carvalho,Wânia da Silva; Miranda,Silvana Spindola deOBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) and the risk of infection in patients with chronic kidney disease treated at a hemodialysis center. METHODS: We included 307 patients with chronic kidney disease undergoing hemodialysis at the Mineiro Institute of Nephrology, located in the city of Belo Horizonte, Brazil. All of the patients were submitted to tuberculin skin tests (T...
Characteristics of tuberculosis in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil: 2002-2009
Augusto,Claudio Jose; Carvalho,Wania da Silva; Goncalves,Alan Douglas; Ceccato,Maria das Gracas Braga; Miranda,Silvana Spindola deOBJECTIVE: To analyze the profile of tuberculosis cases reported between 2002 and 2009 in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil, according to sociodemographic, clinical, and laboratory characteristics, as well as to comorbidities and mortality. METHODS: This was a descriptive, epidemiological study based on data obtained from the Brazilian Case Registry Database and the Brazilian Mortality Database for the 2002-200...