Control measures to trace ≤ 15-year-old contacts of index cases of active pulmonary tuberculosis

This was descriptive study carried out in a medium-sized Brazilian city. In ≤ 15-year-old contacts of index cases of active pulmonary tuberculosis, we assessed compliance with the Brazilian national guidelines for tuberculosis control. We interviewed 43 contacts and their legal guardians. Approximat...

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Autores principales: Oliveira, Cláudia Di Lorenzo, de Melo, Angelita Cristine, de Oliveira, Lílian Ruth Silva, Froede, Emerson Lopes, Camargos, Paulo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Sociedade Brasileira de Pneumologia e Tisiologia 2015
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Brief Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4635092/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26578137
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1806-37132015000000073
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Sumario:This was descriptive study carried out in a medium-sized Brazilian city. In ≤ 15-year-old contacts of index cases of active pulmonary tuberculosis, we assessed compliance with the Brazilian national guidelines for tuberculosis control. We interviewed 43 contacts and their legal guardians. Approximately 80% of the contacts were not assessed by the municipal public health care system, and only 21% underwent tuberculin skin testing. The results obtained with the Chi-square Automatic Interaction Detector method suggest that health care teams have a biased attitude toward assessing such contacts and underscore the need for training health professionals regarding tuberculosis control programs.

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