Rastreio de tuberculose nos funcionários de um Hospital Distrital
Jorge Pedrosa, Fernando Rocha, Ana Paula Martins and 6 more
Revista Portuguesa de Pneumologia · 1998
doi:10.1016/s0873-2159(15)31041-2 (opens in a new tab)
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Abstract
RESUMO: INTRODUÃÃO â após terem surgido dois casos com baciloscopias positivas em funcionários do Hospital Distrital de Oliveira de Azeméis em 1996, foi feito um rastreio de tuberculose em todos os profissionais desse Hospital.MATERIAL E MÃTODOS â foi afixado um aviso em todos os Serviços solicitando aos funcionários a realização da prova de tuberculina. Esta foi efectuada mediante injecçãao intra-dérmica de 2 unidades PPD (RT 23), por um único profissional de enfermagem. Aderiram à prova de Mantoux 202 dos 241 funcionários.Em todos os funcionários que referiram sintomas respiratórios (tosse e expectoração), foi efectuada telerradiografia de torax e baciloscopias em amostras após coloração pelo metodo de Ziebl-Neelsen e exame cultural em meio de Lowenstein-Jensen (exames realizados em 27 funcionários).RESULTADOS â foram encontrados 11 easos de tuberculose-infecção em indivÃduos com menos de 35 anos (tendo 9 feito tratamento com terapêutica trip la durante dois meses) e 6 casos de tuberculose pulmonar com baciloscopias positivas e confirmados no exame cultural.CONCLUSÃES â do estudo realÃzado concluiu-se que a incidência de tuberculose pulmonar nos funcionários do Hospital Distrital de Oliveira de Azeméis em 1996 foi de 2,54%, o que corresponde aproximadamente ao triplo da incidência na população em geral da área em questão.REV PORT PNEUMOL 1998; IV (2): 147- 153 ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: After two cases of Pulmonary Tuberculosis were found in healthcare workers of a Regional Hospital in Portugal a study was done to determine the incidence of Tuberculosis in health-workers of the Oliveira de Azeméis Hospital in 1996.METHODS: An information-note was affixed in all Services asking all the workers to do the Tuberculin-test. An intradermic injection of 2 U. of PPD (RT 23), by one trained nurse was done in 202 of 241 health-workers that joined the study.In all workers that reported respiratory symptoms, a thoracic radiograph, sputum bacteriologic analyses with Ziehl-Neelsen coloration and culture in Lowenstein- Jensen were done.RESULTS: 11 cases of Tuberculosis-infection has been reported by the tuberculin tests. 9 of them were treated with triple therapy during two months. 6 cases of Pulmonary Tuberculosis confirmed by the presence of AAR bacilus in sputum and a positive culture in Lowenstein-Jensen were found.CONCLUSIONS: In this study, we concluded that the incidence of Pulmonary Tuberculosis in healt-heare workers of the Oliveira de Azemeis Hospital in 1996 was 2,54%, that corresponds to the triple of the incidence in the general population of the area at the same time.REV PORT PNEUMOL 1998; IV (2): 147-153 Key-words: Tuberculosis, Healthcare workers, Tuberculin-test, Portugal, Palavras-chave: Tuberculose, Profissionais de saúde, Funcionários de um hospital, Rastreio, Portugal
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