nosocomial mycobacterium tuberculosis transmission among healthcare students in a high incidence region, in vitória, state of espírito santo transmissão nosocomial por mycobacterium tuberculosis nos estudantes da área de saúde em uma região de alta incidência de tuberculose, vitória, estado do espírito santo

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Abstract
This open comparative study for evaluating hypersensitivity to tuberculin among medical students (n=441), nursing students (n=178) and economics students (n=230) in Vitória, State of Espírito Santo, had the aim of assessing whether the prevalence of positive tuberculin tests among healthcare students could be used as a sentinel event for nosocomial transmission in localities with high endemicity. There was a significant change in the frequency of purified protein derivative reactivity in the nursing students (20. 3%) and medical students (18. 4%), in comparison with the economics students (6%) (p <0. 001). As expected, the medical and nursing students had more knowledge about tuberculosis than did the economics students (p <0. 001). Our data suggest that the incidence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection among nursing and medical students in our region, which has high endemicity of tuberculosis, does not differ from what is found in low-incidence countries. These data reinforce the need for implementing biosafety programs for this target population.
Este estudo aberto, comparativo, para avaliar a hipersensibilidade a tuberculina em estudantes de medicina (n=441), enfermagem (n=178) e economia (n=230) em Vitória, ES, teve por objetivo avaliar se a prevalência de teste tuberculínico positivo em discentes da área da saúde poderia ser utilizada como evento sentinela de transmissão nosocomial em locais de alta endemicidade. Houve mudança significante na freqüência de reatividade purified protein derivative no grupo de estudantes de enfermagem (20,3%) e medicina (18,4%) comparativamente ao grupo dos estudantes de economia (6%) p<0,001. Como esperado os alunos de medicina e enfermagem tem mais conhecimento sobre a tuberculose que os de economia (p <0,001). Nossos dados sugerem que a incidência da infecção pelo Mycobacterium tuberculosis em estudantes de enfermagem e medicina na nossa região com alta endemicidade de tuberculose não difere de países com baixa incidência da doença. Estes dados reforçam a necessidade de implementação de programas de biossegurança para essa população-alvo.
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Authors ;Ethel Leonor Noia Maciel;Waleska Meireles;Ana Paula Silva;Karina Fiorotti;Reynaldo Dietze
Journal mobile information systems
Year 2007
DOI
10.1590/S0037-86822007000400004
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http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822007000400004
Keywords
students tuberculose tuberculosis tropical medicine

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