出版社：Official Scientific Journal of the Adolescent Health Care Center (NESA)/ Rio de Janeiro State University/UERJ
摘要： Objetivo: Analisar as características demográficas, clínicas e laboratoriais da tuberculose em adolescentes/adultos jovens e compará- las com aquelas observadas em adultos. Métodos: Avaliamos um grupo de 203 pacientes com tuberculose, dos quais 77 eram adolescentes/adultos jovens (grupo A) e 126 eram adultos (grupo B). Foram comparadas as seguintes variáveis: sexo, forma clínica, exame de escarro, teste tuberculínico, sorologia antivírus da imunodeficiência humana (anti-HIV) e motivo do desfecho. Resultados: Em ambos os grupos a tuberculose foi mais prevalente no sexo masculino (62,3% e 50,8% dos pacientes dos grupos A e B, respectivamente, com p > 0,05). A forma pulmonar foi a mais freqüente nos dois grupos, tendo sido diagnosticada em 79,2% dos indivíduos do grupo A e em 78,6% do grupo B (p > 0,05). Entre as formas extrapulmonares da enfermidade, a pleural foi mais comum nos indivíduos do grupo A (87,5% vs. 51,9%). Quanto aos resultados dos exames complementares, não houve diferença significativa entre os grupos. Os desfechos favorável e desfavorável foram iguais em ambos (p > 0,05). Conclusão: As características da tuberculose são semelhantes nos dois grupos, exceto pela maior freqüência de tuberculose pleural no grupo A.
其他摘要： Objective: To assess the demographic, clinical and laboratorial characteristics of tuberculosis presentation in adolescents/young adults and compare them with those observed in adults. Methods: A group of 203 patients with tuberculosis was analyzed, from which 77 were adolescents/ young adults (group A) and 126 adults (group B). Some variables were collected such as gender, clinical presentation, sputum examination, tuberculinic skin test, anti-HIV sorology and type of ending. Results: In both groups tuberculosis was more prevalent in the male gender (62.3% and 50.8% of the patients from groups A and B, respectively, with p > 0.05). The pulmonary form was the most frequent one in both groups and was diagnosed in 79.2% of the individuals in group A and in 78.6% of the ones in group B (p > 0.05). Among the extrapulmonary forms of this disease, the pleural one was more common in individuals of group A (87,5% vs. 51.9%). There was no significative difference between the groups according to the results of complementary exams. The favorable and unfavorable endings were similar in both groups ( > 0.05). Conclusion: The characteristics of tuberculosis were similar in both groups, except for the major frequency of pleural tuberculosis in group A.
