Vol. 37 No. 6 (2020)
Clinical Expreience

Clinical-epidemiological characterization of patients with tuberculosis in the Department of Caaguazú, Paraguay. 2014 - 2017

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  • Gladys Estigarribia,
  • Oscar Roman,
  • Sarita Aguirre,
  • Guillermo Sequera,
  • Gloria Aguilar,
  • Santiago David Toledo Nuñez,
  • Aldo Rodriguez,
  • Carlos Miguel Rios-González,
  • Pablo Martínez,
  • Julieta María Méndez Romero,
  • Melissa Patricia Valdez Benítez
Gladys Estigarribia
Instituto Regional de Investigación en Salud
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Oscar Roman
Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, Universidad Nacional de Caaguazú
Sarita Aguirre
Programa Nacional de Control de Tuberculosis. Ministerio de Salud Pública y Bienestar Social, Asunción, Paraguay.
Bio
Guillermo Sequera
Dirección General de Vigilancia de la Salud. Ministerio de Salud Pública y Bienestar Social, Asunción, Paraguay.
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Gloria Aguilar
Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, Universidad Nacional de Caaguazú, Coronel Oviedo, Paraguay. Instituto Regional de Investigación en Salud, Universidad Nacional de Caaguazú, Coronel Oviedo, Paraguay.
Santiago David Toledo Nuñez
Universidad Nacional de Asunción, Facultad de Ciencias Médicas Filial Santa Rosa del Aguaray, Auxiliar de la Enseñanza, Cátedra de Metodología de la Investigación I y II. Carrera de Medicina y Cirugía, Paraguay Universidad Nacional de Asunción, Facultad de Enfermería y Obstetricia Filial Quiindy, Coordinador de Investigación, Carrera de Enfermería, Paraguay
Aldo Rodriguez
Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, Universidad Nacional de Caaguazú, Coronel Oviedo, Paraguay. Instituto Regional de Investigación en Salud, Universidad Nacional de Caaguazú, Coronel Oviedo, Paraguay.
Carlos Miguel Rios-González
Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, Universidad Nacional de Caaguazú, Coronel Oviedo, Paraguay. Instituto Regional de Investigación en Salud, Universidad Nacional de Caaguazú, Coronel Oviedo, Paraguay.
Pablo Martínez
Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, Universidad Nacional de Caaguazú, Coronel Oviedo, Paraguay.
Julieta María Méndez Romero
Instituto Regional de Investigación en Salud, Universidad Nacional de Caaguazú, Coronel Oviedo, Paraguay.
Melissa Patricia Valdez Benítez
Programa Nacional de Control de Tuberculosis. Ministerio de Salud Pública y Bienestar Social, Asunción, Paraguay.

Published 2021-01-15

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Estigarribia G, Roman O, Aguirre S, Sequera G, Aguilar G, Toledo Nuñez SD, Rodriguez A, Rios-González CM, Martínez P, Méndez Romero JM, Valdez Benítez MP. Clinical-epidemiological characterization of patients with tuberculosis in the Department of Caaguazú, Paraguay. 2014 - 2017. Rev. Chilena. Infectol. [Internet]. 2021 Jan. 15 [cited 2026 Jun. 28];37(6). Available from: https://revinf.cl/index.php/revinf/article/view/682

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Abstract

Background: Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the ten leading causes of death worldwide. Aim: To characterize the clinical and epidemiological point of view of TB cases reported in the Department of Caaguazú-Paraguay, from 2014 to 2017. Methods: Observational, descriptive, retrospective study; Population: 659 cases of TB registered in the National Tuberculosis Control Program (NTCP); variables: age, sex, population group, type of TB, TB/HIV coinfection. We procesed database in Excel 2016 © using Stata 14.0®. Results: 63.3% were of male gender, average age: 35.8 years, 39.6% were indigenous and 85.4% were liberty deprived persons known as inmates (LDP), 89.6% had pulmonary TB and 2,4% had TB/HIV coinfection. Incidence rate exceed 21.6/100,000 inhabitants in 2014. Indigenous incidence was 76.5/100,000 inhabitants in 2017, LDP incidence was 2,272.1/ 100,000 inhabitants in 2017. Conclusion: The incidence of TB in the Department of Caaguazú is low, mainly affecting men, while TB incidence in indigenous people and LDP was high.

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