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- Title
ANÁLISE EPIDEMIOLÓGICA DA COINFECÇÃO TUBERCULOSE/HIV.
- Authors
Braz de Oliveira, Layze; Braz Costar, Christefany Régia; Francisco Luz Nunes Queiroz, Artur Acelino; Evangelista de Araújo, Telma Maria; Alves Amorim de Sousa, Karinna; Reis, Renata Karina
- Abstract
Objective: analyze the epidemiological profile of coinfection by tuberculosis and the immunodeficiency virus. Method: descriptive study, developed based on a survey in the database of the Disease Notification System in the State of Piauí between 2007 and 2016. The data were collected through an instrument with sociodemographic characteristics and data related to the coinfection by tuberculosis and the immunodeficiency virus. Simple descriptive analysis was applied. Results: The prevalence of coinfection by tuberculosis and the immunodeficiency virus amounted to 6.1% of the patients (n=619). The data show the predominance of male individuals (n=467/75.4%), adults between 20 and 49 years old (n=492/79.5%) and mulattos (n=457/ 73.8%). The most identified clinical form of tuberculosis was the pulmonary with n=412 (66.6%) cases. These patients' cure percentage corresponded to 60.8%. Conclusion: The results appointed a high prevalence of this coinfection and a high detection of the infection by the immunodeficiency virus in tuberculosis patients.
- Subjects
BRAZIL; TUBERCULOSIS epidemiology; HIV infection epidemiology; AGE distribution; SEX distribution; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE prevalence; MIXED infections
- Publication
Cogitare Enfermagem, 2018, Vol 23, Issue 1, p38
- ISSN
1414-8536
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5380/ce.v23i1.51016