Tuberculose no município de Sorocaba-SP de 2007 a 2017

Abstract

Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis or Koch's bacillus (BK) that mainly affects the lungs, but can affect other organs and its transmission is practically by inhalation. This disease has followed us for millennia and has become a serious health problem. This study aims to outline a profile of tuberculosis cases diagnosed in the city of Sorocaba in patients living in this city from 2007 to 2017. Methods: the selected data were demographic and clinical epidemiological data obtained from the data site SUS, IBGE and TbWeb. This is an epidemiological, quantitative, descriptive, ecological and retrospective study between the years 2007 and 2,017. In the study of this historical series, linear trend analysis was used. As a result, a higher percentage is perceived in patients older than 15 years, with a predominance of males, predominance of productive and fertile age in females and a predominance in patients with the disease in its pulmonary form, which is the spreading form of tuberculosis. Comparatively, the city of Sorocaba has better incidence rates in relation to the State of São Paulo as well as the projections of the trend lines, but we must consider some variants such as underdiagnosis, quality of training of each team, regional differences, active searches and adherence to treatment. It is concluded that it is necessary to improve the municipal and state data so that we can eradicate tuberculosis and reach the goals of the END TB program that was proposed by the World Health Organization