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Inequities in intraurban areas in the distribution of risk factors for non comm...
Malta,Deborah Carvalho; Bernal,Regina Ivata Tomie; Almeida,Maria Cristina de Mattos; Ishitani,Lenice Harumi; Girodo,Anne MarielleObjective: In order to identify intraurban differentials, the prevalence of major protection and risk factors for non communicable chronic diseases were analyzed in nine health districts of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Methods: Analysis of data from a telephone survey conducted with 2,000 adults in Belo Horizonte, in 2010, using the average linkage method for cluster analysis among the health districts...
Contributions of culture and antimicrobial susceptibility tests to the retreatm...
Andrade,Bruno Horta; Greco,Dirceu Bartolomeu; Oliveira,Maria Tereza da Costa; Lacerda,Natalia Priscila; Correa,Ricardo de AmorimIntroduction This study evaluated the efficacy of retreatment of pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) with regard to treatment outcomes and antimicrobial susceptibility testing (ST) profiles. Methods This retrospective cohort study analyzed 144 patients treated at a referral hospital in Brazil. All of them had undergone prior treatment, were smear-positive for TB and received a standardized retreatment regimen. Fisher's...