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Resumen Introducción: La tuberculosis (TBC) es una de las diez principales causas de muerte en todo el mundo. Objetivo: Caracterizar clínica y epidemiológicamente los casos de TBC del Departamento de Caaguazú-Paraguay, entre los años 2014 y 2017. Pacientes y Métodos: Se realizó un estudio observacional, retrospectivo, utilizando datos secundarios del Programa Nacional de Control de la Tuberculosis (PNCT). La población: 659 casos de TBC registrados en el PNCT. Las variables: edad, sexo, grupo poblacional, tipo de TBC, co-infección TBC/VIH, y categoría de egreso. Procesamos la base de datos en Excel 2016 © usando Stata 14.0®. Resultado: El 63,3% de los participantes fue del género masculino. La edad promedio fue de 35,8 años. El 39,6% eran indígenas y 14,5% fueron personas privadas de libertad (PPL) conocidos como reclusos. El 89,6% tuvo TBC pulmonar, 2,4% tuvo co-infección TBC/VIH. La tasa de incidencia fue superior a 21,6/100.000 habts en 2014. La incidencia en indígenas fue de 76,5/100.000 habts en 2017. La incidencia en PPL fue de 2.272,1/100.000 habitantes en 2017. Conclusión: La incidencia de TBC en el Departamento de Caaguazú es baja en la población general afectando principalmente a hombres, mientras que en la población indígena y PPL es alta.
Abstract Background: Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the ten leading causes of death worldwide. Aim: To characterize the clinical and epidemiological point of view of TB cases reported in the Department of Caaguazú-Paraguay, from 2014 to 2017. Methods: Observational, descriptive, retrospective study; Population: 659 cases of TB registered in the National Tuberculosis Control Program (NTCP); variables: age, sex, population group, type of TB, TB/HIV coinfection. We procesed database in Excel 2016 © using Stata 14.0®. Results: 63.3% were of male gender, average age: 35.8 years, 39.6% were indigenous and 85.4% were liberty deprived persons known as inmates (LDP), 89.6% had pulmonary TB and 2,4% had TB/HIV coinfection. Incidence rate exceed 21.6/100,000 inhabitants in 2014. Indigenous incidence was 76.5/100,000 inhabitants in 2017, LDP incidence was 2,272.1/ 100,000 inhabitants in 2017. Conclusion: The incidence of TB in the Department of Caaguazú is low, mainly affecting men, while TB incidence in indigenous people and LDP was high.
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Adulto , Humanos , Masculino , Tuberculose , Tuberculose Pulmonar , Infecções por HIV , Coinfecção , Paraguai/epidemiologia , Tuberculose/epidemiologia , Infecções por HIV/epidemiologia , Incidência , Estudos Retrospectivos , Coinfecção/epidemiologiaRESUMO
BACKGROUND: Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the ten leading causes of death worldwide. AIM: To characterize the clinical and epidemiological point of view of TB cases reported in the Department of Caaguazú-Paraguay, from 2014 to 2017. METHODS: Observational, descriptive, retrospective study; Population: 659 cases of TB registered in the National Tuberculosis Control Program (NTCP); variables: age, sex, population group, type of TB, TB/HIV coinfection. We procesed database in Excel 2016 © using Stata 14.0®. RESULTS: 63.3% were of male gender, average age: 35.8 years, 39.6% were indigenous and 85.4% were liberty deprived persons known as inmates (LDP), 89.6% had pulmonary TB and 2,4% had TB/HIV coinfection. Incidence rate exceed 21.6/100,000 inhabitants in 2014. Indigenous incidence was 76.5/100,000 inhabitants in 2017, LDP incidence was 2,272.1/ 100,000 inhabitants in 2017. CONCLUSION: The incidence of TB in the Department of Caaguazú is low, mainly affecting men, while TB incidence in indigenous people and LDP was high.