Evaluación por el laboratorio de los casos de tuberculosis en profesionales del área de la salud.

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Title: Evaluación por el laboratorio de los casos de tuberculosis en profesionales del área de la salud.
Alternate Title: Laboratory evaluation of cases of tuberculosis in health professionals.
Authors: LLERENA, CLAUDIA1 cllerena@ins.gov.co, ZABALETA, ANGIE2
Source: Acta Medica Colombiana. oct-dic2014, Vol. 39 Issue 4, p321-326. 6p.
Subjects: MEDICAL personnel as patients, MEDICAL personnel, TUBERCULOSIS treatment, MYCOBACTERIUM tuberculosis, MULTIDRUG resistance in bacteria, DISEASES
Abstract (English): Objective: analyze information available to the National Reference Laboratory for TB cases in health professionals. Design: case series study with retrospective information of unique formats and the results of sensitivity tests obtained in these cases. Patients: 128 cases of tuberculosis in health personnel, diagnosed between 2009-2012 at the National Laboratory Network. Measurements: the distribution of cases by sex, age, form of the disease, type of sample, presence of concomitant HIV infection, occupation, origin by territorial entity and results of susceptibility testing among new and previously treated cases were evaluated. Results: 64.8% of patients were female, aged between 20 to 40 years, median 32; 78.9% were pulmonary forms; a TB / HIV co-infection was identified in in 7.9% of cases; occupations most affected were physicians with 21.4%, followed by nursing assistants with 8.6%. The territorial entities that evaluated more cases were Antioquia, Valle del Cauca and Bogota; a global resistance to antituberculosis drugs was identified in 7.9% in new cases and a multi-resistance in 4%; in previously treated cases the overall resistance and multi-drug resistance was 12.5%. Conclusion: the country should strengthen surveillance of resistance in this risk group making diagnosis by bacilloscopy, culture and susceptibility testing of drugs, including within the guidelines of the program the performance of rapid diagnostic tests endorsed by WHO/PAHO due especially to the presence of the disease in young people and the finding of resistance in professionals dedicated to people health care. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Abstract (Spanish): Objetivo: analizar la información con que cuenta el Laboratorio Nacional de Referencia de los casos de tuberculosis en profesionales del área de la salud. Diseño: estudio de serie de casos con toma de información retrospectiva de los formatos únicos y los resultados de pruebas de sensibilidad obtenidos en estos casos. Pacientes. 128 casos de tuberculosis en personal de salud, diagnosticados entre los años 2009 a 2012 en la Red Nacional de Laboratorios. Mediciones: se evaluó la distribución de casos por sexo, edad, forma de la enfermedad, tipo de muestra, presencia de infección concomitante con el VIH, ocupación, procedencia por entidad territorial y resultados obtenidos en las pruebas de sensibilidad entre casos nuevos y previamente tratados. Resultados: el 64.8% de los casos eran de sexo femenino, con edades entre los 20 y 40 años, una mediana de 32; el 78.9% eran formas pulmonares, se identificó una coinfección TB/VIH en 7.9% de los casos; las ocupaciones más afectadas fueron médicos con 21.4%, seguido de auxiliares de enfermería con 8.6%. Las entidades territoriales que evaluaron más casos fueron Antioquia, Valle del Cauca y Bogotá; se identificó una resistencia global a los fármacos antituberculosos de 7.9% en casos nuevos y una multirresistencia de 4%; en casos previamente tratados la resistencia global y la multirresistencia fueron de 12.5%. Conclusión: el país debe fortalecer la vigilancia de la resistencia en este grupo de riesgo haciendo diagnóstico por baciloscopia, cultivo y pruebas de sensibilidad a los fármacos, incluyendo dentro de los lineamientos del programa la realización de pruebas rápidas de diagnóstico avaladas por la OMS/ OPS, en especial por la presencia de la enfermedad en población joven y el hallazgo de resistencia en profesionales dedicados a la atención en salud de las personas. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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  Data: Objective: analyze information available to the National Reference Laboratory for TB cases in health professionals. Design: case series study with retrospective information of unique formats and the results of sensitivity tests obtained in these cases. Patients: 128 cases of tuberculosis in health personnel, diagnosed between 2009-2012 at the National Laboratory Network. Measurements: the distribution of cases by sex, age, form of the disease, type of sample, presence of concomitant HIV infection, occupation, origin by territorial entity and results of susceptibility testing among new and previously treated cases were evaluated. Results: 64.8% of patients were female, aged between 20 to 40 years, median 32; 78.9% were pulmonary forms; a TB / HIV co-infection was identified in in 7.9% of cases; occupations most affected were physicians with 21.4%, followed by nursing assistants with 8.6%. The territorial entities that evaluated more cases were Antioquia, Valle del Cauca and Bogota; a global resistance to antituberculosis drugs was identified in 7.9% in new cases and a multi-resistance in 4%; in previously treated cases the overall resistance and multi-drug resistance was 12.5%. Conclusion: the country should strengthen surveillance of resistance in this risk group making diagnosis by bacilloscopy, culture and susceptibility testing of drugs, including within the guidelines of the program the performance of rapid diagnostic tests endorsed by WHO/PAHO due especially to the presence of the disease in young people and the finding of resistance in professionals dedicated to people health care. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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  Data: Objetivo: analizar la información con que cuenta el Laboratorio Nacional de Referencia de los casos de tuberculosis en profesionales del área de la salud. Diseño: estudio de serie de casos con toma de información retrospectiva de los formatos únicos y los resultados de pruebas de sensibilidad obtenidos en estos casos. Pacientes. 128 casos de tuberculosis en personal de salud, diagnosticados entre los años 2009 a 2012 en la Red Nacional de Laboratorios. Mediciones: se evaluó la distribución de casos por sexo, edad, forma de la enfermedad, tipo de muestra, presencia de infección concomitante con el VIH, ocupación, procedencia por entidad territorial y resultados obtenidos en las pruebas de sensibilidad entre casos nuevos y previamente tratados. Resultados: el 64.8% de los casos eran de sexo femenino, con edades entre los 20 y 40 años, una mediana de 32; el 78.9% eran formas pulmonares, se identificó una coinfección TB/VIH en 7.9% de los casos; las ocupaciones más afectadas fueron médicos con 21.4%, seguido de auxiliares de enfermería con 8.6%. Las entidades territoriales que evaluaron más casos fueron Antioquia, Valle del Cauca y Bogotá; se identificó una resistencia global a los fármacos antituberculosos de 7.9% en casos nuevos y una multirresistencia de 4%; en casos previamente tratados la resistencia global y la multirresistencia fueron de 12.5%. Conclusión: el país debe fortalecer la vigilancia de la resistencia en este grupo de riesgo haciendo diagnóstico por baciloscopia, cultivo y pruebas de sensibilidad a los fármacos, incluyendo dentro de los lineamientos del programa la realización de pruebas rápidas de diagnóstico avaladas por la OMS/ OPS, en especial por la presencia de la enfermedad en población joven y el hallazgo de resistencia en profesionales dedicados a la atención en salud de las personas. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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