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Epidemiologia e Serviços de Saúde
versión impresa ISSN 1679-4974versión On-line ISSN 2237-9622
Resumen
JACOBS, Marina Gasino y PINTO JUNIOR, Vitor Laerte. Characterization of drug-resistant tuberculosis in Brazil, 2014. Epidemiol. Serv. Saúde [online]. 2019, vol.28, n.3, e2018294. Epub 15-Ene-2020. ISSN 1679-4974. http://dx.doi.org/10.5123/s1679-49742019000300014.
Objective:
to describe drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) notifications in Brazil.
Methods:
this is a descriptive study of clinical and epidemiological characteristics of DR-TB notifications in 2014 on SITETB and TBWeb, these being information systems on which cases involving special treatment regimens are registered.
Results:
there were 1,574 cases, 94.8% of which had the pulmonary form, 27.6% involved primary resistance, and 50.9% were multidrug-resistant; 70.6% of cases were male, 87.0% were between 20 and 59 years old, 60.9% were of Afro-Brazilian, and 68.0% had less than 8 years of schooling; as for comorbidities, 13.1% of patients had AIDS, 11.3% had diabetes, 25.8% made harmful use of alcohol, 21.0% were illegal drugs users, and 22.2% were tobacco users.
Conclusion:
the majority of DR-TB notifications were related to men, young people, Afro-Brazilian and people with low levels of education; there was a high percentage of primary resistance, as well as multidrug-resistance and comorbidities, with emphasis on substance use.
Palabras clave : Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant; Communicable Diseases; Public Health; Epidemiology, Descriptive.