1. Tuberculin test: the control of tuberculosis in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infected patients
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Ariane Thaise Alves Monteiro, Maria Helena Dantas de Menezes Guariente, Arlete Alves Nunes Fragoso da Costa, Danielle Talita dos Santos, Elaine Alves, and Elma Mathias Dessunti
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Aids ,lcsh:R5-920 ,lcsh:Biology (General) ,Prova tuberculínica ,Tuberculose ,Enfermagem ,bacterial infections and mycoses ,lcsh:Medicine (General) ,lcsh:QH301-705.5 - Abstract
Objective: to analyze the results of Tuberculin Skin Test (TST) in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infected patients and the conduct relative to the results in the Reference Center of Londrina-PR. Methods: A retrospective cohort study, whose data were collected from the register book of TST, the hospital records and notification. Results: From the 220 patients who underwent TST, most of them were male, between 21 and 50 year-old, with 4 to 11 years of schooling, and 188 completed the tests. Nine of them (4.8%) were reactive to TST. Six cases were indicated for treatment of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI), only one completed the scheme. It was found that 33 (17.6%) patients had negative TST and CD4+ counting below 200 cells/mm³, however, most did not performed the test after immune reconstitution. Conclusion: Periodic TST must be rigorous as well as the treatment of LTBI in HIV-infected individuals.
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- 2015