Tuberculosis among prison staff in Rio Grande do Sul

• Autor(a) principal: Busatto,Caroline
• Data de Publicação: 2017
• Outros Autores: Nunes,Luciana de Souza, Valim,Andréia Rosane de Moura, Valença,Mariana Soares, Krug,Suzane Frantz, Becker,Daniela, Allgayer,Manuela Filter, Possuelo,Lia Gonçalves
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem (Online)
• Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-71672017000200370
• topic: Tuberculosis; Latent Tuberculosis; Tuberculin Test; Prison; Staff

ABSTRACT 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. Results: among staff who had a TT, 10 (83.3%) in the central region and 2 (16.7%) in the southern region were considered reactors. Length of employment among prison officers who reacted to TT was 15.3 years, and among health care workers, 4.1 years (p = 0.01). No cases of active tuberculosis (TB) were identified. Conclusion: prevalence of latent TB was 27.9%. Length of employment between different professional categories and their working regions was considered a risk factor for latent TB.