The incidence of tuberculosis in Brazilian prisons: systematic review

• Autor(a) principal: Machado, Jean Carlos
• Data de Publicação: 2016
• Outros Autores: Boldori, Jilia Diane Martins, Dalmolin, Marcelo Dalton, Souza, William Cordeiro de, Bazzanella, Sandro Luiz, Birkner, Walter Marcos Knaesel, Mascarenhas, Luis Paulo Gomes
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista de Atenção à Saúde
• Texto Completo: http://seer.uscs.edu.br/index.php/revista_ciencias_saude/article/view/3256
• topic: Tuberculose; Presídios; Brasileiros; Tuberculosis; Prisons; Brazilians

Introduction: The presence of tuberculosis in the prison system has been described as a threat, once itsincidence is higher in the prison population than in the general one. Objective: To verify through a literaturereview the main reasons for cases of tuberculosis (TB) in Brazilian prisons. Materials and Methods:A search in the Journals database of Capes and Bielefeld Academic Search Engine (BASE) was performedwith the words “tuberculosis”, “prison” and “Brazilian”. The search totaled 34 documents, of which onlyeight were used for this search. Results and conclusion: From the data obtained we observed high TBinfection rates in Brazilian prisons, poor information about the disease and insecurity in the care of thoseinfected, along with an association of this disease with the duration of the stay in prison.