Semina: Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde (Mar 2015)

Tuberculin test: the control of tuberculosis in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infected patients

  • Ariane Thaise Alves Monteiro,
  • Maria Helena Dantas de Menezes Guariente,
  • Arlete Alves Nunes Fragoso da Costa,
  • Danielle Talita dos Santos,
  • Elaine Alves,
  • Elma Mathias Dessunti

DOI
https://doi.org/10.5433/1679-0367.2015v36n1Suplp179
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 36, no. 1Supl
pp. 179 – 188

Abstract

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Objective: to analyze the results of Tuberculin Skin Test (TST) in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infected patients and the conduct relative to the results in the Reference Center of Londrina-PR. Methods: A retrospective cohort study, whose data were collected from the register book of TST, the hospital records and notification. Results: From the 220 patients who underwent TST, most of them were male, between 21 and 50 year-old, with 4 to 11 years of schooling, and 188 completed the tests. Nine of them (4.8%) were reactive to TST. Six cases were indicated for treatment of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI), only one completed the scheme. It was found that 33 (17.6%) patients had negative TST and CD4+ counting below 200 cells/mm³, however, most did not performed the test after immune reconstitution. Conclusion: Periodic TST must be rigorous as well as the treatment of LTBI in HIV-infected individuals.

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