Clinical and epidemiological profile of a patient with tuberculosis treated in a city in the interior of São Paulo

Abstract

Objective: To describe the clinical and epidemiological profile of people diagnosed with tuberculosis treated in the public healthcare and notified in a city in the interior of São Paulo. Methods: Descriptive, quantitative study, whose data were collected in the TBWEB system and in spreadsheets from the epidemiological surveillance service in the study city. All tuberculosis cases notified between 2013 and 2018 were included. Sociodemographic and clinical variables, diagnosis and treatment information were used; analyzed by the Statistic 12.0 program through measures of absolute and relative frequency for categorical variables. Results: A total of 375 cases were reported, with a mean age of 43.1 years, most of them male (72.8%), white (53.6%) and with 4 to 11 years of schooling (67.7%). It was identified that 84.8% had the clinical pulmonary form and 82.9% of the cases underwent sputum smear microscopy. Regarding suspected tuberculosis, 71.7% of individuals underwent X-rays. As for HIV serology, tests were performed in 95.1% of cases, of which 10% were positive. Conclusion: The investigation made it possible to understand the clinical and epidemiological characteristics of tuberculosis, in addition to enabling reflection on the organization of the health care network in the face of tuberculosis cases.