Mudanças no perfil da tuberculose no país: uma nova realidade?

Abstract

From the standpoint of knowledge, the passage of time, or, euphemistically, senescence, causes us some annoyance. There are physical limitations, degenerative diseases, short-term memory loss, and other infirmities, as well as, for those of us who are more vain, the torture of finding that our hair is graying or thinning,. However, the passage of time has a series of advantages, such as accumulated experience, greater maturity, a greater understanding of ideas, interaction with competent mentors, and, especially, if we continue to study, a historical overview of phenomena, of what is true and what is false, as well as of what has been overcome by persistent and continued advances in science. This has been my experience with tuberculosis, an endemic disease that I have been studying and fighting for approximately 40 years.

Tuberculose e gravidez: implicações e ações durante o tratamento

“…Continua sendo um relevante problema de saúde pública, pois se trata de uma das doenças infecciosas mais letais do mundo (WHO, 2021). O Brasil se encontra na 20ª posição mundial de incidência de TB e da comorbidade TB/HIV (CORTEZ AO, et al, 2021). Estima-se que, no ano de 2019, aproximadamente dez milhões de pessoas no mundo desenvolveram TB e cerca de 1,2 milhão morreram por causa da doença.…”