Tuberculosis in Northeastern Brasil (2001-2016): trend, clinical profile, and prevalence of risk factors and associated comorbidities.
Alyne Barbosa BritoWilliany Barbosa de MagalhãesJoão Paulo Silva de PaivaThiago Cavalcanti LealLeonardo Feitosa da SilvaLucas Gomes SantosGibson Barros de Almeida SantanaTânia Rita Moreno de Oliveira FernandesCarlos Dornels Freire de SouzaPublished in: Revista da Associacao Medica Brasileira (1992) (2020)
Even with a reduced incidence, tuberculosis represents a real public health problem in the Northeast region. The profile was characterized by a male population, in economically-active age, lung smear-positive pulmonary presentation, and the risk factors and comorbidities of Aids, TB/HIV co-infection, diabetes mellitus, alcohol consumption, institutionalized and deprived of freedom reflect the complexity of the challenges in facing the disease.
Keyphrases
- glycemic control
- risk factors
- alcohol consumption
- mycobacterium tuberculosis
- type diabetes
- pulmonary tuberculosis
- public health
- hiv aids
- antiretroviral therapy
- hiv infected
- human immunodeficiency virus
- hiv positive
- pulmonary hypertension
- hepatitis c virus
- emergency department
- case report
- skeletal muscle
- metabolic syndrome