Doença meningocócica: situação epidemiológica no Município de Manaus, Amazonas, Brasil, 1998/2002

Santos, Maria Luísa Cordeiro; Ruffino-Netto, Antônio

doi:10.1590/s0102-311x2005000300016

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“…Considering the absolute frequency of the cases, the highest ratio was observed in males of the 1-4-years age group in MG, which agrees with the findings of other studies [24][25][26] . Possible explanations for the high proportion of male cases are the facts that men have a tendency of taking less care of their health, expose themselves to a higher amount of risky situations, and seek the help of health care services less often than women.…”

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Epidemiological profile of meningococcal disease in the State of Minas Gerais and in the Central, North, and Triângulo Mineiro regions, Brazil, during 2000-2009

Nascimento

Miranzi

Scatena

2012

Rev. Soc. Bras. Med. Trop.

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INTRODUCTION: Infection by Neisseria meningitidis, termed as meningococcal disease, can cause meningococcal meningitis and septicemia with or without meningitis. Meningococcal disease is endemic in Brazil and has a high potential to cause large-scale epidemics; therefore, it requires the immediate notification of cases to the Information System for Notifiable Diseases (SINAN) in Brazil. The aim of this study was to describe an epidemiological profile using data from notified and confirmed cases in the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil, from January 2000 to December 2009, obtained from the investigation records of individuals with meningitis registered with SINAN. METHODS: This was a retrospective, population-based study. Descriptive analysis of the data was made using the simple and relative frequencies of the categorical variables in the investigation records. RESULTS: There were 1,688 confirmed patients in Minas Gerais of which 45.5% lived in the Central, North, and Triângulo Mineiro regions. The highest frequencies of cases were in the 1-4-years age group (26.3%), males (54.7%), caucasian (36.4%), and lived in an urban area (80%). In the patients with specified education, 650 (60.9%) patients had secondary education. Serogrouping of meningococci had been performed in 500 (29.6%) patients by age and gender; 285 (57%) belonged to serogroup C, 67 (13.4%) were in the 1-to 4-years age group, and 168 (33.6%) were male. CONCLUSIONS: The epidemiological profiles of patients in the Central, North, and Triângulo Mineiro regions were not significantly different from the profile of patients in Minas Gerais.

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Epidemiological profile of meningococcal disease in the State of Minas Gerais and in the Central, North, and Triângulo Mineiro regions, Brazil, during 2000-2009

Nascimento

Miranzi

Scatena

2012

Rev. Soc. Bras. Med. Trop.

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“…[1][2][3] Representa uma das enfermidades de maior comoção social, devido ao fato de poder ter evolução fulminante, levando ao óbito uma pessoa previamente hígida num intervalo de tempo de poucas horas. Muitas das vezes, não há sequer tempo suficiente para haver inflamação meníngea ou confirmação diagnóstica por meio de exame laboratorial, o qual é essencial para o controle da doença.…”

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“…Ademais, assume maior importân-cia, já que requer investigação da doença em contatos domiciliares com pacientes com DM, para que se realize quimioprofilaxia, caso seja necessário. [3][4][5][6] Como a DM apresenta alta gravidade, podendo originar casos secundários além de poder exigir a quimioprofilaxia, os casos suspeitos de meningite são de notificação compulsória imediata pelo Sistema de Informações de Agravos de Notificação (SINAN) do Ministério da Saúde do Brasil.…”

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“…[9][10][11] De acordo com dados da literatura, observamos em nosso estudo maior frequência de casos de DM em pacientes com idade inferior a 15 anos. 1,11 Mais especificamente, constatamos que a faixa etária entre 1 e 4 anos de idade representou o maior número de internações por DM no HMSA, em conformidade com estudo de Nascimento et al sobre a frequência absoluta dos casos por DM no estado de Minas Gerais. 10 A taxa de letalidade é um importante indicador de acompanhamento da DM, sendo amplamente utilizada pelos sistemas de vigilância epidemiológicas municipais e regionais.…”

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Doença Meningocócica: Características Epidemiológicas do Hospital Municipal Souza Aguiar no Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil entre 2010-2014

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Soriano²,

Maciel³

2016

Rev Epidemiol Control Infect

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http: //dx.doi.org/10.17058/reci.v6i2.6618 Esses dados apontam numericamente o perfil dos pacientes diagnosticados com DM no HMSA, destarte, pode auxiliar o sistema de vigilância epidemiológica do município do Rio de Janeiro a intervir mais especificamente tanto no que tange a prevenção de casos quanto os óbitos decorrentes de infecções meningocócicas. Background and Objectives:Meningococcal disease (MD) is a major worldwide concern in public health. In the state and city of Rio de Janeiro, MD has key relevance, having historically been the source of several outbreaks and epidemics. Methods: This was a retrospective longitudinal study that analyzed the epidemiological characteristics of hospitalizations for MD at Hospital Municipal Souza Aguiar (HMSA) based on three variables: gender, age, reason for discharge or evolution in the period from January 2010 to April 2014. Results: There were 121 admissions for MD in HMSA, predominantly children under the age of four years, which represented 53.7% (n = 65), whereas individuals aged younger than fifteen years accounted for 80.1% of admissions (n = 97). During the study period 65 males and 56 females were hospitalized. Regarding the reason for discharge or evolution of hospitalized patients, there was a predominance of the classification "discharge after improvement" throughout the study period, corresponding to approximately 67% (n = 81) of all hospital discharges, oscillating between 77.8% in 2013 and 48.7% in 2010. Conclusion: These numerical data represent the profile of patients diagnosed with MD in HMSA, so it can help the surveillance system of the city of Rio de Janeiro aiming to intervene more specifically with both prevention of cases and deaths due to meningococcal infections. RESUMO ABSTRACT

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“…Essa classificação foi estabelecida segundo a gravidade dos diferentes diagnósticos de meningite. O critério de separação dos grupos considerou as letalidades médias teóricas (da literatura) 1,3,22,23 por tipo de meningite, tendo-se por hipótese que quanto mais grave/letal a tipologia, menor a subnotificação, ou seja, mais atenção é prestada à notificação de casos mais graves. Considerou-se cada um dos grupos separadamente, para a realização do procedimento de correção.…”

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Estimativas corrigidas de casos de meningite, Brasil 2008-2009

Emmerick¹,

Campos²,

Schramm³

et al. 2014

Epidemiol. Serv. Saúde

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Doença meningocócica: situação epidemiológica no Município de Manaus, Amazonas, Brasil, 1998/2002

Cited by 16 publications

References 8 publications

Epidemiological profile of meningococcal disease in the State of Minas Gerais and in the Central, North, and Triângulo Mineiro regions, Brazil, during 2000-2009

Epidemiological profile of meningococcal disease in the State of Minas Gerais and in the Central, North, and Triângulo Mineiro regions, Brazil, during 2000-2009

Doença Meningocócica: Características Epidemiológicas do Hospital Municipal Souza Aguiar no Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil entre 2010-2014

Estimativas corrigidas de casos de meningite, Brasil 2008-2009

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