Caracterização da população portadora de tuberculose do município de Américo Brasiliense/SP, no período de 1992 a 2002

• Autor(a) principal: Severo, N. P F [UNESP]
• Data de Publicação: 2005
• Outros Autores: Leite, Clarice Queico Fujimura [UNESP]
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UNESP
• Texto Completo: http://serv-bib.fcfar.unesp.br/seer/index.php/Cien_Farm/article/view/403; http://hdl.handle.net/11449/68628
• topic: Epidemiology; Population; Rural workers; Tuberculosis; acid fast bacterium; Brazil; human; incidence; lung tuberculosis; medical record; migration; rural population; sputum analysis

Tuberculosis (TB) is a serious public health problem all over the world, which was recognized by the WHO in 1993 as a global emergency because of its very high incidence in the 22 countries that concentrate 80% of TB cases. One of these countries is Brazil, where TB occurrences are well-documented in major cities, but little is known of its spread in rural areas and small towns. Therefore, an epidemiological study was done on medical records of TB sufferers in the rural district and small town of Américo Brasiliense, São Paulo state, from 1992 to 2002, with the aim of improving TB prevention and treatment. The results showed that the incidence of TB peaked in the years of intense migration of rural workers, largely cane-cutters. Among these, the disease attacks mainly the men, in their productive years (20 to 40 years old). The predominant clinical form observed was pulmonary tuberculosis. The treatment abandonment rate was less than 1.8%, while the cure rate was around 90%. The disease detection rate by examination of sputum for acid-fast bacilli was around 60%.