Epidemiologia da tuberculose em Pernambuco no período de 2008 a 2018

Abstract

Tuberculosis is one of the oldest diseases in the world. Evidence of the disease has already been found in prehistoric human bones in Germany and there are records dating back 8,000 bc. In Pernambuco, in 2018, 5,026 cases of the disease were confirmed, an increase of 9% when compared to the 2015 data (4,599). According to the State Tuberculosis Control Program of the State Department of Health (SES), the State has been reinforcing the importance of prevention and detection of the disease with municipalities, in addition to periodically conducting clinical management courses of patients for health professionals. The objective of this work was to understand what tuberculosis is, to raise information about the causes of evolution in the last 10 years, transmission, clinical manifestations and control campaigns in the State of Pernambuco. The methodology used was based on an exploratory and descriptive bibliographic review.