[Clinical-epidemiological characterization of patients with tuberculosis in the Department of Caaguazú, Paraguay. 2014-2017].
Caracterización clínico-epidemiológica de pacientes con tuberculosis en el Departamento de Caaguazú, Paraguay. 2014 a 2017.
Journal
Revista chilena de infectologia : organo oficial de la Sociedad Chilena de Infectologia
ISSN: 0717-6341
Titre abrégé: Rev Chilena Infectol
Pays: Chile
ID NLM: 9305754
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Dec 2020
Dec 2020
Historique:
received:
04
03
2020
accepted:
11
11
2020
entrez:
12
4
2021
pubmed:
13
4
2021
medline:
22
5
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the ten leading causes of death worldwide. To characterize the clinical and epidemiological point of view of TB cases reported in the Department of Caaguazú-Paraguay, from 2014 to 2017. Observational, descriptive, retrospective study; Population: 659 cases of TB registered in the National Tuberculosis Control Program (NTCP); variables: age, sex, population group, type of TB, TB/HIV coinfection. We procesed database in Excel 2016 © using Stata 14.0®. 63.3% were of male gender, average age: 35.8 years, 39.6% were indigenous and 85.4% were liberty deprived persons known as inmates (LDP), 89.6% had pulmonary TB and 2,4% had TB/HIV coinfection. Incidence rate exceed 21.6/100,000 inhabitants in 2014. Indigenous incidence was 76.5/100,000 inhabitants in 2017, LDP incidence was 2,272.1/ 100,000 inhabitants in 2017. The incidence of TB in the Department of Caaguazú is low, mainly affecting men, while TB incidence in indigenous people and LDP was high.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
BACKGROUND
Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the ten leading causes of death worldwide.
AIM
OBJECTIVE
To characterize the clinical and epidemiological point of view of TB cases reported in the Department of Caaguazú-Paraguay, from 2014 to 2017.
METHODS
METHODS
Observational, descriptive, retrospective study; Population: 659 cases of TB registered in the National Tuberculosis Control Program (NTCP); variables: age, sex, population group, type of TB, TB/HIV coinfection. We procesed database in Excel 2016 © using Stata 14.0®.
RESULTS
RESULTS
63.3% were of male gender, average age: 35.8 years, 39.6% were indigenous and 85.4% were liberty deprived persons known as inmates (LDP), 89.6% had pulmonary TB and 2,4% had TB/HIV coinfection. Incidence rate exceed 21.6/100,000 inhabitants in 2014. Indigenous incidence was 76.5/100,000 inhabitants in 2017, LDP incidence was 2,272.1/ 100,000 inhabitants in 2017.
CONCLUSION
CONCLUSIONS
The incidence of TB in the Department of Caaguazú is low, mainly affecting men, while TB incidence in indigenous people and LDP was high.
Identifiants
pubmed: 33844816
pii: S0716-10182020000600750
doi: 10.4067/S0716-10182020000600750
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Types de publication
Journal Article
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