Caroline Busatto1, Luciana de Souza Nunes2, Andréia Rosane de Moura Valim3, Mariana Soares Valença4, Suzane Frantz Krug3, Daniela Becker5, Manuela Filter Allgayer3, Lia Gonçalves Possuelo3. 1. Pharmacy Course, Universidade de Santa Cruz do Sul, Santa Cruz do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. 2. Medicine Course, Universidade Federal do Pampa, Uruguaiana, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. 3. Postgraduate Program in Health Promotion, Universidade de Santa Cruz do Sul, Santa Cruz do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. 4. Center for Life Sciences and Health, Universidade Católica de Pelotas, Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. 5. Public Health Regional Laboratory, 13th Regional Health Sector, Fundação Estadual de Produção e Pesquisa em Saúde, Santa Cruz do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: to evaluate the risk of infection and illness caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis among health care and security staff in prisons in two regions of Rio Grande do Sul (RS). METHOD: cross-sectional study involving prison staff. An interview and sputum smear microscopy and culture were performed. Latent infection was evaluated according to the result of the tuberculin test (TT), self-referred. RESULTS: among staff who had a TT, 10 (83.3%) in the central region and 2 (16.7%) in the southern region were considered reactors. Length of employment among prison officers who reacted to TT was 15.3 years, and among health care workers, 4.1 years (p = 0.01). No cases of active tuberculosis (TB) were identified. CONCLUSION: prevalence of latent TB was 27.9%. Length of employment between different professional categories and their working regions was considered a risk factor for latent TB.
OBJECTIVE: to evaluate the risk of infection and illness caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis among health care and security staff in prisons in two regions of Rio Grande do Sul (RS). METHOD: cross-sectional study involving prison staff. An interview and sputum smear microscopy and culture were performed. Latent infection was evaluated according to the result of the tuberculin test (TT), self-referred. RESULTS: among staff who had a TT, 10 (83.3%) in the central region and 2 (16.7%) in the southern region were considered reactors. Length of employment among prison officers who reacted to TT was 15.3 years, and among health care workers, 4.1 years (p = 0.01). No cases of active tuberculosis (TB) were identified. CONCLUSION: prevalence of latent TB was 27.9%. Length of employment between different professional categories and their working regions was considered a risk factor for latent TB.
Authors: F Naufal; L H Chaisson; K O Robsky; P Delgado-Barroso; H S Alvarez-Manzo; C R Miller; A E Shapiro; J E Golub Journal: Int J Tuberc Lung Dis Date: 2022-06-01 Impact factor: 3.427
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