Revista del Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias
Volume 77, Issue 2, 2018, Pages 125-131

Epidemiology of pulmonary tuberculosis in migrant population [Epidemiología de tuberculosis pulmonar en población migrante] (Article)

Orozco-Andrade I.* , Acosta-Loya J.A. , Bravo-Rodríguez G. , Martínez-Lozano F.N. , Enríquez-Porras A. , Espinoza-Hernández M.E. , Durán-Peña O.A. , Orozco-Béjar I.A.
  • a Centro de Diagnóstico y Tratamiento Integral de la Tuberculosis, Servicios Médicos de la Frontera, Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua, Mexico
  • b Centro de Diagnóstico y Tratamiento Integral de la Tuberculosis, Servicios Médicos de la Frontera, Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua, Mexico
  • c Centro de Diagnóstico y Tratamiento Integral de la Tuberculosis, Servicios Médicos de la Frontera, Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua, Mexico
  • d Centro de Diagnóstico y Tratamiento Integral de la Tuberculosis, Servicios Médicos de la Frontera, Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua, Mexico
  • e Centro de Diagnóstico y Tratamiento Integral de la Tuberculosis, Servicios Médicos de la Frontera, Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua, Mexico
  • f Centro de Diagnóstico y Tratamiento Integral de la Tuberculosis, Servicios Médicos de la Frontera, Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua, Mexico
  • g Secretaría de Salud del Estado de Chihuahua, Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua, Mexico
  • h Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua, Mexico

Abstract

Objective: To know the epidemiology of pulmonary tuberculosis in migrant population. Material and methods: We reviewed the databases of cases reported as suspected of pulmonary tuberculosis (TBP), and those confirmed with positive culture. Results: According to the medical and radiographic evaluation of 394,482 applicants to emigrate to the United States, 8,775 (2.2%) were suspected, of which, 157 (1.8%) were positive for TBP. In 99%, the suspicion of TBP was by chest X-ray, 1.18% because of HIV and the remaining 0.05% because of clinical data. Of the TBP cases, 86 (54.8%) were males and 71 (45.2%) were females. The average age was 50 years. Eighty-five percent of patients with culture positive had negative smear microscopy. The average incidence rate in the period was 39.8 cases per 100,000 migrants, with a peak of 74.3 in 2013. Conclusions: Tuberculosis is a serious public health problem, prevalent in certain population groups and with significant sub-registries, so it is necessary to have adequate resources in all entities of our country, to obtain a prompt and expeditious diagnosis, and to establish a prompt treatment. © 2018, Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias. All rights reserved.

Author Keywords

Pulmonary tuberculosis Migrants Epidemiology

Index Keywords

male thorax radiography female Human immunodeficiency virus Article human adult lung tuberculosis
Link
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ISSN: 01877585
Original Language: Spanish