Tuberculose latente em indivíduos de uma unidade prisional do centro oeste do Brasil
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2016-02-25
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Universidade Federal de Goiás
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Tuberculosis (TB) is the second main cause of death by infectious diseases worldwide and
is a persistent world public health problem. The prevalence of active TB among individuals
deprived of freedom (DF) is greater than in the general population average. Late diagnosis and
delayed adequate treatment aggravates the TB problem within correctional facilities. In spite
of being tightly closed institutions, prisoner movement within the different departments of the
institution as well as outside the prison walls, such as visits to courthouses, have resulted in
these facilities becoming significant TB reservoirs. The purpose of this work was to perform
the tuberculin skin test (TST) among DF volunteers. 50.3% men and 38.1% women tested
positive in this first test within the premises a correctional facility in Goiás. The one-year
follow up revealed that 1.7% (n=9) of the volunteers developed active TB, 4 of which were in
the same male prison ward. The high infection and disease incidence reinforce the urgent need
for latent infection diagnosis, as well as recruitment of these individuals in general for testing
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Tuberculose latente, Prova tuberculínica, Tuberculosis, Latent tuberculosis, Tuberculin skin test
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COSTA-JUNIOR, Abadio Oliveira; SILVA JÚNIOR, José Laerte Rodrigues da; COSTA, Adeliane Castro da; KIPNIS, André; RABAHI, Marcelo Fouad; JUNQUEIRA-KIPNIS, Paula. Tuberculose latente em indivíduos de uma unidade prisional do centro oeste do Brasil. Revista de Patologia Tropical, Goiânia, v. 45, n. 1, p. 12–22, jan/mar. 2016. DOI: 10.5216/rpt.v45i1.40224. Disponível em: https://revistas.ufg.br/iptsp/article/view/40224. Acesso em: 8 fev. 2023.