Co-infecção por Mycobacterium tuberculosis e vírus da imunodeficiência humana: uma análise epidemiológica em Taubaté (SP)

Abstract

(34%) were patients who had not been submitted to serological testing. In the first group (tuberculosis and human immunodeficiency virus seropositivity), males from 30 to 40 years of age predominated, the most common clinical presentation of tuberculosis was pulmonary (65.71%), and the cure rate was 59.38%. In the group of tuberculosis patients presenting human immunodeficiency virus seronegativity, males from 30 to 40 years of age also predominated, the most common clinical presentation of tuberculosis was also pulmonary (70.55%), and the cure rate was 81.63%. Conclusion: We conclude that the human immunodeficiency virus plays an important role in the epidemiology of tuberculosis. Therefore, serological testing for human immunodeficiency virus should be carried out when a diagnosis of tuberculosis is made.

The epidemiological dimension of TB/HIV co-infection

“…The predominance of co-infected men confirms the results of studies carried out in Brazil (9)(10)(11) . The reason men are predominantly getting infected is not very clear but it might be related to biological factors, life style, self-care (7) and also to the fact that men search for health services later than women (12) .…”

Avaliação do acesso ao tratamento de tuberculose por coinfectados ou não pelo vírus da imunodeficiência humana

“…These data corroborate the results from other studies that analyzed the gender variable associated with TB and HIV, and also the predominance of the male gender, confi rming men's higher vulnerability to and prevalence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and HIV co-infec on (6,15) .…”

“…Since tes ng for HIV is considered discriminatory, individuals can choose not to be tested. This fact aggravates TB carrier dynamics, since 70 of the 165 individual carriers of TB (42.4%) were coinfected with HIV, contras ng other studies that demonstrate, in general, rates around 9% to 18% (15) .…”

Auto-proteção profissional e cuidado de enfermagem ao paciente soropositivo ao HIV: duas facetas de uma representação

“…This fact is due to the immunodepression inherent to the clients who already developed AIDS and, because of it, have an intense predisposition to developing opportunist infections, that is, infections that develop in persons with a weakened system, and among those is tuberculosis (6)(7)(8) .…”