Lia Selig

TL;DR: In 1998, o Rio de Janeiro era o estado de maior incidencia e mortalidade por tuberculose (SINAN-TB-RJ) as mentioned in this paper.

TL;DR: The higher prevalence of LTBI in late clinical years suggests that medical students are at increased risk for nosocomial Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection.

TL;DR: In this paper, a cross-sectional questionnaire-based study involving 560 tuberculosis patients (373 males and 187 females) was conducted to compare gender differences among tuberculosis patients in a city with a high incidence of tuberculosis.

TL;DR: There were no differences between the genders regarding the clinical presentation, diagnostic criteria, previous noncompliance with treatment, time from symptom onset, number of medical appointments prior to diagnosis, or treatment outcome in a city with a high incidence of tuberculosis.

TL;DR: A vigilância de obitos por tuberculose proposta permitiu aumentar a completitude dos sistemas de informacao, diminuir a subnotificacao e o numero of casos nao encerrados, supervisionar a vigilâNCia epidemiologica das unidades e a qualidade do preenchimento das declaracoes de obito.