X ray screening at entry and systematic screening for the control of tuberculosis in a highly endemic prison

BMC Public Health

Bernard Larouzé⁴  Luiz Antonio B Camacho⁴  Mahinda Siriwardana³  Ana Beatriz Espinola¹  Germano Gerhardt²  Veronique Massari³  Alexandra Sanchez¹ 

[1] Programa de Controle de Tuberculose e, Coordenação de Gestão em Saúde Penitenciária, Secretaria de Estado de Administração Penitenciária, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil;Fundação Athaulfo de Paiva, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil;UPMC UMR-S707, F-75012, Paris, France;Departamento de Epidemiologia e Metodos Quantitativos em Saúde, Escola Nacional de Saude Publica, Fiocruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil

关键词: Incidence;    Brazil;    Prisons;    X-ray screening;    Tuberculosis control;   

Others  :  1161639
DOI  :  10.1186/1471-2458-13-983

 received in 2013-04-12, accepted in 2013-10-11,  发布年份 2013

【 摘 要 】

Background

Tuberculosis (TB) is a major issue in prisons of low and middle income countries where TB incidence rates are much higher in prison populations as compared with the general population. In the Rio de Janeiro (RJ) State prison system, the TB control program is limited to passive case-finding and supervised short duration treatment. The aim of this study was to measure the impact of X-ray screening at entry associated with systematic screening on the prevalence and incidence of active TB.

Methods

We followed up for 2 years a RJ State prison for adult males (1429 inmates at the beginning of the study) and performed, in addition to passive case-finding, 1) two “cross-sectional” X-ray systematic screenings: the first at the beginning of the study period and the second 13 months later; 2) X-ray screening of inmates entering the prison during the 2 year study period. Bacteriological examinations were performed in inmates presenting any pulmonary, pleural or mediastinal X-ray abnormality or spontaneously attending the prison clinic for symptoms suggestive of TB.

Results

Overall, 4326 X-rays were performed and 246 TB cases were identified. Prevalence among entering inmates remained similar during 1^st and the 2^nd year of the study: 2.8% (21/754) and 2.9% (28/954) respectively, whereas prevalence decreased from 6.0% (83/1374) to 2.8% (35/1244) between 1^st and 2^nd systematic screenings (p < 0.0001). Incidence rates of cases identified by passive case-finding decreased from 42 to 19 per 1000 person-years between the 1^st and the 2^nd year (p < 0.0001). Cases identified by screenings were less likely to be bacteriologically confirmed as compared with cases identified by passive-case finding.

Conclusions

The strategy investigated, which seems highly effective, should be considered in highly endemic confined settings such as prisons.

【 授权许可】

   
2013 Sanchez et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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