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Tuberculosis: health care and surveillance in prisons
Allgayer,Manuela Filter; Ely,Karine Zenatti; Freitas,Graziela Hamann de; Valim,Andréia Rosane de Moura; Gonzales,Roxana Isabel CardozoABSTRACT Objective: To identify tuberculosis-related health care and surveillance actions in Prison Health Units. Method: Cross-sectional study, of quantitative, exploratory and descriptive character. We visited 13 Teams of Prison Health, and nurses and technicians were interviewed regarding epidemiological surveillance instruments, physical structure and materials. Results: Search for respiratory symptoms in a...
Prevalence and risk factors for latent tuberculosis infection among primary hea...
Prado,Thiago Nascimento do; Riley,Lee W.; Sanchez,Mauro; Fregona,Geisa; Nóbrega,Renata Lyrio Peres; Possuelo,Lia Gonçalves; Zandonade,ElianaHealth care workers (HCW) are at increased risk of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) from occupational exposure to Mycobacterium tuberculosis. The objective was to determine the prevalence of and risk factors for LTBI among primary HCW in five Brazilian cities. We conducted a cross-sectional study, from 2011 to 2013, among primary HCW, using a structured questionnaire and an evaluated for LTBI using the Quan...
Tuberculosis among prison staff in Rio Grande do Sul
Busatto,Caroline; Nunes,Luciana de Souza; Valim,Andréia Rosane de Moura; Valença,Mariana Soares; Krug,Suzane Frantz; Becker,DanielaABSTRACT Objective: to evaluate the risk of infection and illness caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis among health care and security staff in prisons in two regions of Rio Grande do Sul (RS). Method: cross-sectional study involving prison staff. An interview and sputum smear microscopy and culture were performed. Latent infection was evaluated according to the result of the tuberculin test (TT), self-referred....
Clinical and epidemiological characteristics associated with unfavorable tuberc...
Prado,Thiago Nascimento do; Rajan,Jayant V.; Miranda,Angélica Espinosa; Dias,Elias dos Santos; Cosme,Lorrayne Beliqui; Possuelo,Lia GonçalvesAbstract Background: TB patients co-infected with HIV have worse treatment outcomes than non-coinfected patients. How clinical characteristics of TB and socioeconomic characteristics influence these outcomes is poorly understood. Here, we use polytomous regression analysis to identify clinical and epidemiological characteristics associated with unfavorable treatment outcomes among TB-HIV co-infected patients in...
Therapeutic itinerary of colorectal cancer patients treated in the state of Rio...
Foletto,Eliara Fernanda; Jackisch,Sabine Elisa; Dotto,Marcelo Luis; Severo,Cátia; Pappen,Emelin; de Moura Valim,Andreia Rosane; Renner,Jane Dagmar PolloAbstract Objectives The objective of the study was to evaluate the therapeutic itinerary of patients treated in a specialized center, including its trajectory in seeking treatment and their clinical and epidemiological characteristics. Methods This is a cross-sectional prospective descriptive study; patients with colorectal cancer aged over 18 years and who signed the consent form were included in the analysis....
Tuberculose em presídios brasileiros: uma revisão integrativa da literatura
Valença,Mariana Soares; Possuelo,Lia Gonçalves; Cezar-Vaz,Marta Regina; Silva,Pedro Eduardo Almeida daResumo Tuberculosis in Brazilian prisons: an integrative review of the literature O objetivo deste estudo foi sistematizar o conhecimento produzido sobre tuberculose em presídios brasileiros. Foi realizada uma revisão integrativa nas bases Medline, Lilacs e biblioteca eletrônica SciELO, com os descritores: “Tuberculosis”, “Prisons” e “Brazil”. Entre os 61 registros encontrados, 33 foram avaliados (28 duplicados...
Obesity parameters as predictors of early development of cardiometabolic risk f...
Burgos,Miria Suzana; Reuter,Cézane Priscila; Possuelo,Lia Gonçalves; Valim,Andréia Rosane de Moura; Renner,Jane Dagmar Pollo; Tornquist,LucianaAbstractThe scope of this study was to verify the association between different overweight and obesity parameters and the metabolic risk profile among school-age students. The randomized cross-sectional study included 1254 children and adolescents, aged 7 to 17, from a city in southern Brazil. Body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC) and percentage of fat (PF), measured at the triceps and based on subsca...
Polymorphisms of GSTM1 and GSTT1 genes in breast cancer susceptibility: a case-...
Possuelo,Lia Gonçalves; Peraça,Camila Farias; Eisenhardt,Michelle Fraga; Dotto,Marcelo Luis; Cappelletti,Lucas; Foletto,EliaraPURPOSE: This study aimed to evaluate the frequency of homozygous deletion of GSTM1 and GSTT1 genes and their combinations between patients with breast cancer and healthy individuals, associating them with disease susceptibility. METHODS: This is a case-control study in which 49 women diagnosed with breast cancer confirmed by pathological examination and 49 healthy women with no evidence of cancer and no prior ...
Clinical and epidemiological evaluation of patients with colorectal cancer from...
Eisenhardt,Michelle Fraga; Huwe,Fabrine; Dotto,Marcelo Luis; Severo,Cátia; Fontella,Juliana Jornada; Valim,Andreia Rosane De Moura; Rosa,Helen Tais DaColorectal cancer has a high incidence in Brazil, with the South and Southeast regions presenting the largest number of cases. OBJECTIVE: Identify the epidemiological characteristics and the regimens used as first-line treatment of patients with colorectal cancer treated at a cancer center in Santa Cruz do Sul (RS, Brazil) from 2006 to 2011. METHODS: The records of 130 patients were retrospectively evaluated. C...
Análise molecular de cepas de Mycobacterium tuberculosis provenientes de um cen...
Borges,Michele; Cafrune,Patrícia Izquierdo; Possuelo,Lia Gonçalves; Valim,Andréia Rosane de Moura; Ribeiro,Marta Osório; Rossetti,Maria Lucia RosaINTRODUÇÃO: A tuberculose é uma doença antiga que ainda se mantém como um dos maiores males da humanidade no século XXI. Nas últimas décadas, o advento de novas tecnologias utilizando os conhecimentos de biologia molecular tem levado a um aumento na investigação da etiologia, detecção e epidemiologia da tuberculose. OBJETIVO: Avaliar o grau de similaridade entre as cepas de Mycobacterium tuberculosis provenient...