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Effectiveness of screening for tuberculosis in HIV: a pragmatic clinical trial
Santos,Marcela Lopes; Batista,Joanna d’Arc Lyra; Braga,Cynthia; Silva,Adriana Paula da; Maruza,Magda; Souza,Wayner Vieira; Carvalho,Maria Rosimery deABSTRACT OBJECTIVE: To verify the effectiveness of screening for tuberculosis (TB) on all-cause mortality and tuberculosis cases in newly diagnosed HIV-infected patients through a clinical algorithm based on recommendations of the World Health Organization. METHODS: From March 2014 to April 2016, a pragmatic randomized clinical trial was conducted with newly diagnosed and TB-free HIV-infected adults undergoing ...
Conhecimento, atitudes e práticas de agentes comunitários de saúde sobre tuberc...
Gaspar,Lucijane Maria da Silva; Braga,Cynthia; Albuquerque,Gabriela Diniz Militão de; Silva,Maria Patrícia Nascimento; Maruza,MagdaResumo Esse artigo analisa o conhecimento, atitudes e práticas sobre tuberculose de agentes comunitários de saúde (ACS) no Recife, município com altas taxas de incidência e de abandono do tratamento no Brasil. O estudo transversal foi conduzido em uma amostra representativa dos ACS utilizando questionário padronizado. Descreveram-se as frequências das variáveis referentes ao conhecimento, atitudes e práticas e ...
Factors associated with treatment for latent tuberculosis in persons living wit...
Aquino,Daniela Silva de; Moura,Líbia Cristina Rocha Vilela; Maruza,Magda; Silva,Adriana Paula da; Ximenes,Ricardo Arraes de AlencarAbstract The aim was to identify factors associated with non-initiation of prophylactic treatment of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBi) in persons living with HIV/AIDS (PLWA), based on a prospective cohort study of PLWA ≥ 18 years of age in two referral services for HIV/AIDS. Of the 232 patients eligible for treatment of LTBi, 69.8% initiated treatment. Following multivariate logistic regression analysis, onl...
Prevalence and socioeconomic factors associated with smoking in people living w...
Batista,Joanna d’Arc Lyra; Albuquerque,Maria de Fátima Pessoa Militão de; Ximenes,Ricardo Arraes de Alencar; Miranda-Filho,Demócrito de BarrosIntroduction: Smoking is the leading cause of preventable death in the world. The prevalence of smoking is higher in people infected with HIV than in the general population. Although it is biologically plausible that smoking increases the morbidity and mortality of people living with HIV/AIDS, few studies in developing countries have analyzed the determinants and consequences of smoking in HIV infected people. ...
Desfecho do tratamento e confirmação laboratorial do diagnóstico de tuberculose...
Maruza,Magda; Ximenes,Ricardo Arraes de Alencar; Lacerda,Heloísa RamosOBJETIVO: Comparar a freqüência de desfecho desfavorável (óbito, abandono e falência de tratamento) entre pacientes com co-infecção tuberculose (TB)/HIV submetidos a tratamento para TB com confirmação etiológica do diagnóstico e pacientes co-infectados com TB/HIV e tratados sem confirmação diagnóstica. MÉTODOS: Coorte retrospectivo de pacientes co-infectados com TB/HIV que iniciaram tratamento para TB entre jul...