Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection among crack and injection drug users in San Juan, Puerto Rico
P. R. health sci. j
; 15(3): 233-6, Sept. 1996.
Artigo
em Inglês
| LILACS
| ID: lil-228518
Biblioteca responsável:
BR1.1
ABSTRACT
This study aims to determine the prevalence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection and its association with HIV and other health risk factors among drug users. A sample of 716 IDUs and crack users were enrolled from community sites. Consenting subjects were tested for HIV serum antibody status. Drug users with an unknown PPD status were administered a PPD skin test and an anergy panel of three antigens (Candida, mumps and tetanus). Overall, 68 (10.3 percent) were reactive to the PPD skin test, 240 (34.7 percent) were HIV positive and 195 (29.5 percent) showed cutaneous anergy. Participants infected with tuberculosis (TB) were more likely to be HIV seropositive, and to have a history of incarceration and residential drug treatment than those not infected. In addition, TB infection was more prevalent among intravenous drug users (IDUs) and shooting gallery managers. These findings suggest that drug users should be considered at high risk for TB and HIV infection. Innovative programs to monitor both infections among drug users are needed to arrest what can become a dual epidemic of HIV and TB in the near future
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Coleções:
Bases de dados internacionais
Contexto em Saúde:
ODS3 - Saúde e Bem-Estar
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Doenças Negligenciadas
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ODS3 - Meta 3.5 Prevenção e tratamento do consumo de substâncias psicoativas
Problema de saúde:
Meta 3.5 Prevenção e tratamento do consumo de substâncias psicoativas
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Doenças Negligenciadas
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Tuberculose
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Abuso de Opioides
Base de dados:
LILACS
Assunto principal:
Tuberculose
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Abuso de Substâncias por Via Intravenosa
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Saúde da População Urbana
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Cocaína Crack
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Transtornos Relacionados ao Uso de Opioides
Tipo de estudo:
Estudo diagnóstico
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Estudo de etiologia
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Estudo de prevalência
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Fatores de risco
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Estudo de rastreamento
Limite:
Adulto
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Feminino
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Humanos
País/Região como assunto:
Caribe
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Porto Rico
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
P. R. health sci. j
Assunto da revista:
Medicina
Ano de publicação:
1996
Tipo de documento:
Artigo
País de afiliação:
Brasil