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MUNIZ, Jordana Nogueira  e  VILLA, Tereza Cristina Scatena. O impacto epidemiológico do tratamento supervisionado no controle da tuberculose em Ribeirão Preto 1998-2000. Bol. Pneumol. Sanit. [online]. 2002, vol.10, n.1, pp.49-54. ISSN 0103-460X.

OBJECTIVE: To compare the results of two therapeutic regimens: direct observed treatment (DOTS) and self-administered therapy (SAT). POPULATION: In habitants of Ribeirão Preto who began tuberculosis treatment from 1998 to 2000. METHOD: Comparative study. DATA COLLECTION INTRUMENT: EPI-TB RESULTS: Data was analized using Epi-TB database software. There was a gradual increase in the use of supervised tratment from 1998 to 2000 (1998: (19%), 1999: (29,7%), 2000: (41,2%)). Only 214 (28,8%) patients were treated using DOTS. Default rate was reduced from 15% to 9,8%, 8,6% and 3,5% in 1998, 1999 and 2000, respectively. Cure rates in patients submitted to DOTS showed an increase: 1998 - (89,3%), 1999 - (76,3%), 2000 - (82,9%) as compared to those under SAT: 1998 - (60,3%); 1999 - (61,7%); 2000 - (64,1%), thus evidencing DOT with the improvement of tuberculosis epidemiological indicators and possibility of team organization

Palavras-chave : Tuberculosis; Directly Observed Therapy; Treatment.

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