Características demográficas e clínicas dos casos de tuberculose notificados pelo Núcleo de Epidemiologia Hospitalar no Município de Vitória, Estado do Espírito Santo, Brasil, 2009-2010 / Demographic and clinical characteristics of tuberculosis cases notified by the Center for Hospital Epidemiology of the Municipality of Vitória, State of Espírito Santo,Brazil, 2009-2010
describe the demographic and clinical characteristics of tuberculosis (TB) cases notified by the Center for HospitalEpidemiology of a philanthropic institution in the Municipality of Vitória, State of Espírito Santo, Brazil.
Methods:
descriptive study using data from the Information System for Notifiable Diseases (Sinan) and spreadsheets of the service, referring to cases reported between July 2009 and July 2010.
Results:
66 cases were reported; 48 were male, and 34 aged 20-39 years; the most part of those were new cases (n=54), 39 patients manifested pulmonary form of the disease and 49 of the sample had no indication of supervised treatment; TB-HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) co-infection was observed in 24 cases.
Conclusion:
the high proportion of notified new cases raises concerns, since TB should be diagnosed and treated by primary care; the study highlights the importance of adequate filling of the notification form by health professionals.