Abstract

MEDEIROS, Charlla de Jesuz; PRETTI, Cristiane Badaró de Oliveira  and  NICOLE, Andressa Garcia. Demographic and clinical characteristics of tuberculosis cases notified by the Center for Hospital Epidemiology of the Municipality of Vitória, State of Espirito Santo, Brazil, 2009-2010. Epidemiol. Serv. Saúde [online]. 2012, vol.21, n.1, pp.159-166. ISSN 1679-4974.  http://dx.doi.org/10.5123/S1679-49742012000100016.

OBJECTIVE: describe the demographic and clinical characteristics of tuberculosis (TB) cases notified by the Center for Hospital Epidemiology of a philanthropic institution in the Municipality of Vitória, State of Espírito Santo, Brazil. METHODS: descriptive study using data from the Information System for Notifiable Diseases (Sinan) and spreadsheets of the service, referring to cases reported between July 2009 and July 2010. RESULTS: 66 cases were reported; 48 were male, and 34 aged 20-39 years; the most part of those were 'new cases' (n=54), 39patients manifested pulmonary form of the disease and 49 of the sample had no indication of supervised treatment; TB-HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) co-infection was observed in 24 cases. CONCLUSION: the high proportion of notified 'new cases' raises concerns, since TB should be diagnosed and treated by primary care; the study highlights the importance of adequate filling of the notification form by health professionals.

Keywords : tuberculosis; epidemiological surveillance; descriptive epidemiology.

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