Analysis and comparison of tuberculosis treatment outcomes in the homeless population and in the general population of Brazil

Tuberculosis remains a major public health problem deeply influenced by inequality. The present study used data from the Brazilian Tuberculosis Case Registry Database in order to compare the rates of tuberculosis treatment success, loss to follow-up, and tuberculosis mortality between the homeless p...

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Autores principales: dos Santos, Andresa Cristine Estrella, Brunfentrinker, Camila, Pena, Larissa da Silva, Saraiva, Suélen dos Santos, Boing, Antonio Fernando
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Sociedade Brasileira de Pneumologia e Tisiologia 2021
Materias:
Brief Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8332848/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33656159
http://dx.doi.org/10.36416/1806-3756/e20200178
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Sumario:Tuberculosis remains a major public health problem deeply influenced by inequality. The present study used data from the Brazilian Tuberculosis Case Registry Database in order to compare the rates of tuberculosis treatment success, loss to follow-up, and tuberculosis mortality between the homeless population and the general population of Brazil. The likelihood of tuberculosis treatment success was reduced by approximately 50% in the homeless population. In addition, the rate of loss to follow-up was 2.9 times higher in the homeless population than in the general population, and the rate of tuberculosis mortality was 2.5 times higher in the former.

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