2008
DOI: 10.1590/s0034-89102008000500004
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Perfil de pacientes que evoluem para óbito por tuberculose no município de São Paulo, 2002

Abstract: RESULTS:Of all tuberculosis deaths identifi ed, 78% had pulmonary form. Tuberculosis diagnosis was made after death in 30% and in primary health care units in 14%. Of them, 44% had not started treatment; 49% were not notifi ed; and 76% were men. The median age was 51 years; 52% had up to four years of schooling; 4% were probably living in the streets. Mortality rate increased with age; it was 5.0/100,000 for the entire city, ranging between zero to 35 according to the district. Previous treatment was reported … Show more

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“…The results concerning the characteristics of the interviewed patients, most of whom were male and with a low level of schooling, are in agreement with the profile of TB patients found in the city in a historical series of 10 years (8) and of other cities in Brazil (9)(10) , which can be an important factor of vulnerability to TB and a determinant of low treatment adherence (11) .…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 84%
“…The results concerning the characteristics of the interviewed patients, most of whom were male and with a low level of schooling, are in agreement with the profile of TB patients found in the city in a historical series of 10 years (8) and of other cities in Brazil (9)(10) , which can be an important factor of vulnerability to TB and a determinant of low treatment adherence (11) .…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 84%
“…(23) However, environmental and institutional factors, especially the conditions favorable to the increase in the occurrence of multidrugresistant TB and to the transmission of TB, seem to have a greater influence than do other factors. (24) Nevertheless, the fact that the city of Santos has a wide range of public health care facilities, together with the fact that access to the diagnosis and treatment of TB is universal and free, creates the conditions necessary for a decrease in the morbidity and mortality rates for TB in the city of Santos.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Esses dados demonstram a necessidade do redimensionamento da infraestrutura para o diagnóstico e da busca sistemática de TB entre sintomáticos respiratórios. Situação semelhante ocorreu no estudo realizado no município de São Paulo em que foram identificados 416 óbitos ocorridos por TB como causa básica: destes, 30,4% tiveram diagnóstico efetuado após a morte e 49,5% não foram notificados (17) . (17) .…”
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