2004
DOI: 10.1590/s1806-37132004000300010
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Características clínicas e epidemiológicas do adulto contagiante da criança com tuberculose

Abstract: INTRODUÇÃO: A tuberculose em crianças geralmente está associada ao convívio com um adulto contagiante. OBJETIVO: Descrever o perfil do adulto contagiante da criança com tuberculose identificada na rede pública de saúde. MÉTODO: Estudo de casos. Incluiram-se todas as crianças menores de quatorze anos com diagnóstico de tuberculose em tratamento na rede pública de saúde de Porto Alegre (RS). Foram feitas entrevistas com questionário estruturado com dados demográficos e da doença na criança e no contagiante. RESU… Show more

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“…This shows that a considerable number of adults can be asymptomatic for a prolonged period and infect other groups, in addition to the children, leading to the development of the disease. (17) Due to the difficulty in confirming pediatric TB through smear microscopy, the implementation of PCR as an auxiliary tool for the detection of the disease, especially in difficult or paucibacillary cases, will allow the use of less traumatic measures for the collection of biological samples, which can be collected at outpatient clinics, whereas the other alternative, gastric lavage, requires hospitalization and sedation.…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…This shows that a considerable number of adults can be asymptomatic for a prolonged period and infect other groups, in addition to the children, leading to the development of the disease. (17) Due to the difficulty in confirming pediatric TB through smear microscopy, the implementation of PCR as an auxiliary tool for the detection of the disease, especially in difficult or paucibacillary cases, will allow the use of less traumatic measures for the collection of biological samples, which can be collected at outpatient clinics, whereas the other alternative, gastric lavage, requires hospitalization and sedation.…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%