2020, Number 01
Clinical and epidemiological aspects of patients with extrapulmonary tuberculosis in Santiago de Cuba
Language: Spanish
References: 19
Page: 29-41
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ABSTRACT
Introduction: Tuberculosis is a contagious bacterial infection, caused by the Mycobacterium tuberculosis that affects mainly the lungs, but it can spread to other organs.Objective: To describe the clinical and epidemiological characteristics of the patients with extrapulmonary tuberculosis in Santiago de Cuba.
Methods: A descriptive and retrospective study of 124 patients with extrapulmonary tuberculosis belonging to Santiago de Cuba, was carried out from January, 2007 to December, 2017, registered through the notification card of diseases of obligatory declaration. The information was processed by computer, through the statistical package SPSS, version 20.0. The absolute and relative frequencies were used.
Results: In the series the male sex (75.8%) and the 30-44 years age group (35.5%) prevailed; also, the most frequent clinical form of presentation was the pleural form and the municipality with more patients affected was Santiago de Cuba, but the higher risk of becoming sick due to extrapulmonary tuberculosis was in the municipality of Mella. On the other hand, nicotine addiction was the risk factor of more incidence.
Conclusions: The clinical and epidemiological characteristics found don not differ from the world epidemiological context. A displacement toward earlier ages was observed and HIV was not considered a determining factor in the emergence of the disease; likewise, the clinical and epidemiological suspicion of this disorder continues being an important pillar for the diagnosis of extrapulmonary forms, especially in the risk population.
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