2001
DOI: 10.1590/s0102-35862001000600004
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Prevalência da tuberculose multirresistente no Estado do Ceará, 1990-1999

Abstract: Tuberculose multirresistente (TBMR) é uma preocupação mundial, mas sua magnitude era desconhecida no Estado do Ceará, região Nordeste do Brasil. Objetivos: Determinar a prevalência da TBMR em nosso meio, bem como a sensibilidade do M. tuberculosis às drogas antituberculose. Método: Estudo retrospectivo foi conduzido utilizando a lista de 1.500 testes de sensibilidade (TS) para rifampicina (RFP), isoniazida (INH), estreptomicina (SM), pirazinamida (PZA), etambutol (EMB) e etionamida (ETH) realizados no Laborató… Show more

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“…A total of 41,073 TB cases were notified in Ceará during the period between 1990 and 1999 (5) . The population of this state amounts to 6,809,290 inhabitants (19) , and its capital, Fortaleza, has a population of 1,965,513 inhabitants (19) and accounts for 50% of the TB notifications in the State.…”
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confidence: 99%
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“…A total of 41,073 TB cases were notified in Ceará during the period between 1990 and 1999 (5) . The population of this state amounts to 6,809,290 inhabitants (19) , and its capital, Fortaleza, has a population of 1,965,513 inhabitants (19) and accounts for 50% of the TB notifications in the State.…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Ceará was one of the Brazilian states which took part in that study, and a 1.1% prevalence of combined MDR-TB was found in 1996, when the research came to an end. It should be pointed out that the prevalence of combined MDR-TB in Ceará was 0.82% in 1994, and 1.48% in 1999 (5) .…”
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confidence: 98%
“…The authors emphasize that the rate of combined MRTB (primary and acquired) has been increasing in Ceará and Brazil throughout the 90's (3) . Moreover, as referred in the manuscript, Becerra et al (4) emphasize that recently Brazil started to be considered as one of priority places for evaluation of and intervention on MRTB, even with data collected in the National Survey of 1996, with primary (0.9%) or combined (1.3%) MRTB rates lower than those accepted by the World Health Organization (WHO) as a discrimen threshold (2.2%) as an alert signal (5) .…”
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“…Alcohol consumption and smoking were reported by 65.7% and 59.7% of the cases respectively. Histories of previous TB contact and anti-TB vaccination were present in 32.5% and 59.7% of cases (2) and abscessus (2) 5 new resistant strains isolated during treatment follow-up respectively. During the analysis, information bias was identified when assessing socioeconomic factors using the variables of employment and income, as measured by the minimum official salary in Brazil.…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%