Active and latent tuberculosis in prisoners in the Central-West Region of Brazil

Introduction Jailed populations exhibit high rates of tuberculosis (TB) infection and active disease. Methods A cross-sectional study was performed to estimate the prevalence of latent and active TB and to identify factors associated with latent infection in inmates. Results The prevalence of latent...

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Published in:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
Main Authors: Anderson Oliveira Estevan, Sandra Maria do Valle Leone de Oliveira, Julio Croda
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2013
Subjects:
Prisoners
Bacille Calmette-Guerin
Latent tuberculosis
Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
RC955-962
Arctic
Calmette
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1590/0037-8682-1441-2013
https://doaj.org/article/08a9e5b48ec74c9f87c48f3eaec5bb71
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Summary:Introduction Jailed populations exhibit high rates of tuberculosis (TB) infection and active disease. Methods A cross-sectional study was performed to estimate the prevalence of latent and active TB and to identify factors associated with latent infection in inmates. Results The prevalence of latent TB was 49%, and the prevalence of active TB was 0.4%. The presence of a Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) scar (prevalence ratio (PR)=1.65; 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.09-2.50; p=0.0162) and the World Health Organization (WHO) score for active TB in prisons (PR=1.07; 95% CI: 1.01-1.14; p=0.0181) were correlated with infection. Conclusions The identification of associated factors and the prevalence of latent and active TB allows the development of plans to control this disease in jails.

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