A incidência de tuberculose em moradores de rua na Rodoviária do Plano Piloto - DF

Abstract

The population that lives on the street is one of the groups most susceptible to several diseases, including tuberculosis. To study the incidence of tuberculosis among residents of the street plan of the Pilot Road - DF. This is a study of the transverse type. We analyzed 9 people and is applied with a socio-demographic information, symptoms, diseases and lifestyle of suspected tuberculosis interviewed. The database and analysis were performed in Excel and SPSS version 13.0. The results showed that 66.7% of residents of the street were a meal per day, 66.7% used illegal drugs or chemicals, 77.8% of them home in groups of more than three people and reported weight loss. The most frequent age group was 20 to 39 years, predominantly in men, the most reported diseases were hepatitis B and Ptiríase vesicolor. For the sputum smear microscopy they were wholly negative. There was no confirmed case of tuberculosis.