| Autor: |
Cristal Ribeiro Mesquita, Marília Lima da Conceição, Rafael Aleixo Coelho de Oliveira, Emilyn Costa Conceição, Juliana Conceição Dias Garcez, Ianny Ferreira Raiol Sousa, Luana Nepomuceno Gondim Costa Lima, Karla Valéria Batista Lima, Ricardo José de Paula Souza e Guimarães |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2023 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, Vol 8, Iss 8, p 397 (2023) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
2414-6366 |
| DOI: |
10.3390/tropicalmed8080397 |
| Popis: |
Tuberculosis (TB) is still considered a priority due to its high incidence rate in Brazil. In this context, we aimed to evaluate the flow of care between the municipalities of patients diagnosed with TB through notification forms of the Information System for Diseases and Notifications (SINAN) in a neglected region of Northern Brazil, Ilha do Marajó, state of Para. For this, we performed a descriptive, retrospective study on data obtained from the National Register of Health Establishments and SINAN from 2013 to 2018. We used Pearson’s Chi-square and G Test with p-value < 0.05 for descriptive statistics and spatial analysis technique on flow network analysis. Of the 749 cases, 16.5% were notified in another municipality that was not the patient’s residence. Regarding diagnostic methods, a positive bacterioscopy was adopted for 56% of the patients; culture was not performed for 82% of cases. Histopathological examination was not performed in 90% of the individuals. Rapid molecular test (RMT) was performed in only six (5%) cases. The region needs greater attention focused on diagnostic tests, suggesting that the introduction of RMT and culture by Ogawa-Kudoh could improve the region’s health network to minimise patient displacement and thus avoid the increase in the transmission chain of TB. |
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