Portadores de TB : a incidência, o perfil epidemiológico e os casos de abandono do tratamento em um município do estado do Rio Grande do Sul.

Abstract

Introduction: Epidemiological data indicate that Tuberculosis (TB) still is a serious problem to be faced, especially in underdeveloped countries such as Brazil. Objectives: to know the incidence, epidemiological profile of patients with tuberculosis in this city and to identify cases of treatment abandonment. Methodology: this is a retrospective, documentary study of the quantitative type. Results and discussion: this municipality notified 61 new cases in 2016, with an incidence of 48.11 / 100.Regarding the epidemiological profile, the male gender prevails, low schooling, urban dwellers and HIV patients, with average age of 42 years, prevailing to the pulmonary form. Of these patients, 9.83% of them abandoned treatment. The high rates of TB incidence are reflections of the country's stage of development, with a poverty state of the population and weaknesses still found in the health system. The unprepared health units and the growth of socially marginalized groups contribute to the increase cases of HIV and TB coinfected. Final considerations: TB has maintained its non-municipal accounts index, despite the availability of a specialized service for the treatment of the disease.