Tuberculosis patients submitted to supervised treatment. Ribeirão Preto - São Paulo - Brazil. 1998 and 1999

Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem

Paula Hino¹  Claudia Benedita Dos Santos¹  Tereza Cristina Scatena Villa¹  Jordana Nogueira Muniz¹  Aline Aparecida Monroe¹ 

[1] ,University of São Paulo Ribeirão Preto College of Nursing

关键词: tuberculosis;    acquired immunodeficiency syndrome;    treatment outcome;    tuberculosis;    síndrome de inmunodeficiencia adquirida;    resultado del tratamiento;    tuberculose;    síndrome de imunodeficiência adquirida;    resultado de tratamento;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0104-11692005000100005

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

This study presents a survey conducted among 132 Tuberculosis patients submitted to Supervised Treatment between 01/1998 and 12/1999, with a view to describing epidemiological aspects, according to the gender, (final) treatment result and HIV immunology result variables. The number of patients covered by Supervised Treatment rose from 19% to 30%. For each of these years, 64% and 71% of the patients were male, while 89% and 77% evolved towards cure. The rate of abandonment increased from 7% to 10%, while 4% and 10% of the patients died of Tuberculosis. The Tb/HIV co-infection represented 22% and 42% of the cases. The obtained results disclosed a tendency towards the gradual amplification of Supervised Treatment and its implementation implied.

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