Revista Brasileira de Epidemiologia | |
Prevalence of patients with respiratory symptoms through active case finding and diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis among prisoners and related predictors in a jail in the city of Carapicuíba, Brazil | |
Amadeu A. Vieira1  Sandra A. Ribeiro2  Ana M. De Siqueira1  Vera M. N. Galesi2  Laedi A. R. Dos Santos2  Jonathan E. Golub2  | |
[1] ,municipality of Carapicuíba Health and Preventive Medicine Department Tuberculosis Control Program,Brazil | |
关键词: Prevalence; Tuberculosis; Pulmonary tuberculosis; Respiratory symptomatic; Active case finding; Prisoners; Prevalência; Tuberculose; Tuberculose pulmonar; Sintomático respiratório; Busca ativa; População privada de liberdade; | |
DOI : 10.1590/S1415-790X2010000400009 | |
来源: SciELO | |
【 摘 要 】
BACKGROUND: Prisons offer a fertile setting for the transmission of tuberculosis due to the presence of many classic risk factors for both infection and disease: overcrowding, poor ventilation, and little sunlight. Prisoners are often malnourished and have poor hygiene and are more likely to have a background of alcohol and drug abuse. OBJECTIVES: To determine the prevalence of prisoners with respiratory symptoms and pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) through active case finding in a prisoner population of the county jail of Carapicuíba, and to study possible related variables. METHODS: This was a cross-sectional study, and respiratory symptomatic individuals (RSI) were detected through active case finding. Socio-demographic data were collected from inmates' judicial history using a specific questionnaire. The RSI provided sputum specimens for detection of acid fast bacilli and culture for mycobacterium identification. RESULTS: Among the 397 prisoners studied, 154 reported respiratory symptoms for more than three weeks, and were considered RSI; the variables associated with RSI were: having already been tried and incarcerated for more than six months and seven were diagnosed as PTB (1,763 cases/ 100,000 inhabitants). CONCLUSIONS: The prevalence of RSI and PTB cases were respectively 39 and 35 times greater than the general population.
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