Morbility due to tuberculosis: epidemiological, clinical and diagnostic aspects. Santiago de Cuba. 2007-2011
A descriptive and cross-sectional study of the 323 cases with confirmed diagnosis of tuberculosis was carried out in Santiago de Cuba, aimed at characterizing the incidence of this disease during 2007-2011, for which the percentages and the typified incidence rates were calculated. Among the ma...
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doaj-2cfa0322b1634d4e8c06fe2cadf0d5142020-12-02T20:03:41ZspaCentro Provincial de Información de Ciencias MédicasMedisan1029-30192016-10-012010387Morbility due to tuberculosis: epidemiological, clinical and diagnostic aspects. Santiago de Cuba. 2007-2011Làzaro Ibrahim Romero Garcìa0Pedro Alexei Bacardì Zapata1Yordanys Paez Candelaria2karima Maricel Gondres Legró3Digna de la C. Bandera Jiménez4Hospital Provincial Docente Clinicoquirúrgico “Saturnino Lora Torres”, Universidad de Ciencias Médicas, Santiago de CubaHospital Provincial Docente Clinicoquirúrgico “Saturnino Lora Torres”, Universidad de Ciencias Médicas, Santiago de CubaHospital Provincial Docente Clinicoquirúrgico “Saturnino Lora Torres”, Universidad de Ciencias Médicas, Santiago de CubaHospital Provincial Docente Clinicoquirúrgico “Saturnino Lora Torres”, Universidad de Ciencias Médicas, Santiago de CubaCentro Provincial de Higiene, Epidemiología y Microbiología, Universidad de Ciencias Médicas, Santiago de CubaA descriptive and cross-sectional study of the 323 cases with confirmed diagnosis of tuberculosis was carried out in Santiago de Cuba, aimed at characterizing the incidence of this disease during 2007-2011, for which the percentages and the typified incidence rates were calculated. Among the main results prevailed: Mella municipality with the higher rate of incidence, the 25-34 years patients and the male sex; also, 8 out of 10 sick persons presented lung tuberculosis (81.0%) and the diagnostic procedure mostly used was the microscopic exam of sputum (56.6%). It is concluded that the incidence of this disorder in the territory is markedly higher with less favorable life conditions, and that the male sex and the lung tuberculosis were the most important epidemiological characteristics. The poor performance in the realization of the baciloscopy for the diagnosis of this clinical entity in the studied population was observed.http://medisan.sld.cu/index.php/san/article/view/1067tuberculosis, epidemiología, esputo, atención secundaria de salud. |
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Làzaro Ibrahim Romero Garcìa Pedro Alexei Bacardì Zapata Yordanys Paez Candelaria karima Maricel Gondres Legró Digna de la C. Bandera Jiménez Morbility due to tuberculosis: epidemiological, clinical and diagnostic aspects. Santiago de Cuba. 2007-2011 Medisan tuberculosis, epidemiología, esputo, atención secundaria de salud. |
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Làzaro Ibrahim Romero Garcìa Pedro Alexei Bacardì Zapata Yordanys Paez Candelaria karima Maricel Gondres Legró Digna de la C. Bandera Jiménez |
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Morbility due to tuberculosis: epidemiological, clinical and diagnostic aspects. Santiago de Cuba. 2007-2011 |
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Morbility due to tuberculosis: epidemiological, clinical and diagnostic aspects. Santiago de Cuba. 2007-2011 |
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Morbility due to tuberculosis: epidemiological, clinical and diagnostic aspects. Santiago de Cuba. 2007-2011 |
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Morbility due to tuberculosis: epidemiological, clinical and diagnostic aspects. Santiago de Cuba. 2007-2011 |
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Morbility due to tuberculosis: epidemiological, clinical and diagnostic aspects. Santiago de Cuba. 2007-2011 |
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morbility due to tuberculosis: epidemiological, clinical and diagnostic aspects. santiago de cuba. 2007-2011 |
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Centro Provincial de Información de Ciencias Médicas |
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1029-3019 |
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2016-10-01 |
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A descriptive and cross-sectional study of the 323 cases with confirmed diagnosis of tuberculosis was carried out in Santiago de Cuba, aimed at characterizing the incidence of this disease during 2007-2011, for which the percentages and the typified incidence rates were calculated. Among the main results prevailed: Mella municipality with the higher rate of incidence, the 25-34 years patients and the male sex; also, 8 out of 10 sick persons presented lung tuberculosis (81.0%) and the diagnostic procedure mostly used was the microscopic exam of sputum (56.6%). It is concluded that the incidence of this disorder in the territory is markedly higher with less favorable life conditions, and that the male sex and the lung tuberculosis were the most important epidemiological characteristics. The poor performance in the realization of the baciloscopy for the diagnosis of this clinical entity in the studied population was observed. |
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tuberculosis, epidemiología, esputo, atención secundaria de salud. |
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