Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem ()

Epidemiological profile of tuberculosis cases with HIV coinfection in Porto Alegre city, Brazil

  • Maíra Rossetto,
  • Évelin Maria Brand,
  • Giselda Veronice Hahn,
  • Dora Lúcia Leidens Corrêa de Oliveira,
  • Luciana Barcellos Teixeira

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1590/0034-7167-2017-0613
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 72, no. 5
pp. 1211 – 1218

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ABSTRACT Objective: To describe and compare the epidemiological profile of cases of tuberculosis and HIV coinfection of the District Administration Health Units of Porto Alegre, Brazil, from 2009 to 2013. Method: Retrospective cohort with data from national health information systems. Sociodemographic, clinical and follow-up variables were investigated through association tests. Results: 2,419 cases of tuberculosis and HIV coinfection were reported, with a mean age of 38 ± 9.91 years, predominantly white and with up to 7 years of study. The comparison between the District Administration Health Units was significant in terms of race/color (p<0.001), gender (p<0.001), schooling (p<0.004), age (p<0.003), place of origin (p<0.001), (p<0.001), alcoholism (p<0.001), indication and performance of Directly Observed Therapy (p<0.001), closure (p<0.001). Conclusion: Socioeconomic and treatment variables influence the occurrence of coinfection in different areas of Porto Alegre, reinforcing that the sum of different factors explains the indicators of the disease.

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