Cogitare Enfermagem (Mar 2018)

EPIDEMIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF TUBERCULOSIS/HIV COINFECTION

  • Layze Braz de Oliveira,
  • Christefany Régia Braz Costar,
  • Artur Acelino Francisco Luz Nunes Queiroz,
  • Telma Maria Evangelista de Araújo,
  • Karinna Alves Amorim de Sousa,
  • Renata Karina Reis

DOI
https://doi.org/10.5380/ce.v23i1.51016
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 23, no. 1
p. e51016

Abstract

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Objective: analyze the epidemiological profile of coinfection by tuberculosis and the immunodeficiency virus. Method: descriptive study, developed based on a survey in the database of the Disease Notification System in the State of Piauí between 2007 and 2016. The data were collected through an instrument with sociodemographic characteristics and data related to the coinfection by tuberculosis and the immunodeficiency virus. Simple descriptive analysis was applied. Results: The prevalence of coinfection by tuberculosis and the immunodeficiency virus amounted to 6.1% of the patients (n=619). The data show the predominance of male individuals (n=467/75.4%), adults between 20 and 49 years old (n=492/79.5%) and mulattos (n=457/ 73.8%). The most identified clinical form of tuberculosis was the pulmonary with n=412 (66.6%) cases. These patients’ cure percentage corresponded to 60.8%. Conclusion: The results appointed a high prevalence of this coinfection and a high detection of the infection by the immunodeficiency virus in tuberculosis patients.

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