TY - JOUR
KW - leprosy
KW - Relapse
KW - Epidemiology
KW - Neglected Diseases
KW - Mycobacterium leprae
KW - Multibacillary leprosy
AU - Almeida KT
AU - Fernandes Menezes AM
AU - Alves KAN
AU - Filho JRC
AU - Costa A
AB - <p><strong><em>Objective:</em></strong> to describe the cases of leprosy relapse between the years 2005-2015. <strong><em>Method:</em></strong> quantitative, descriptive, cross-sectional study of confirmed cases of leprosy relapse, in the period from 2005 to 2015, in SINAN. Data were tabulated on Bioestat 5.0 generating tables, and descriptive analysis and Pearson chi-square test were performed at a significance level of 5% (p&lt;0.05). <strong><em>Results:</em></strong> there were 1,351 (7.87%) cases of leprosy relapse in the state of Bahia, with prevalence in males (61.1%), pardos (57.7%) and with age greater than or equal to 15 years (99.6%). The dimorphic clinical form, the zero degree of incapacity and the operational classification for MB were the most frequent, using PCT/MB/12 in 82.1% of cases. <strong><em>Conclusion:</em></strong> there is low effectiveness in the control of leprosy in the state of Bahia, since there was a relatively high prevalence of cases of relapse in the period under study. <strong><em>Descriptors</em></strong><strong>:</strong> Leprosy; Relapse; Epidemiology; Neglected Diseases; <em>Mycobacterium leprae</em>; Multibacillary leprosy.</p>

BT - Journal of Nursing UFPE on line
IS - 10
J2 - J Nurs UFPE online
LA - eng, por
N2 - <p><strong><em>Objective:</em></strong> to describe the cases of leprosy relapse between the years 2005-2015. <strong><em>Method:</em></strong> quantitative, descriptive, cross-sectional study of confirmed cases of leprosy relapse, in the period from 2005 to 2015, in SINAN. Data were tabulated on Bioestat 5.0 generating tables, and descriptive analysis and Pearson chi-square test were performed at a significance level of 5% (p&lt;0.05). <strong><em>Results:</em></strong> there were 1,351 (7.87%) cases of leprosy relapse in the state of Bahia, with prevalence in males (61.1%), pardos (57.7%) and with age greater than or equal to 15 years (99.6%). The dimorphic clinical form, the zero degree of incapacity and the operational classification for MB were the most frequent, using PCT/MB/12 in 82.1% of cases. <strong><em>Conclusion:</em></strong> there is low effectiveness in the control of leprosy in the state of Bahia, since there was a relatively high prevalence of cases of relapse in the period under study. <strong><em>Descriptors</em></strong><strong>:</strong> Leprosy; Relapse; Epidemiology; Neglected Diseases; <em>Mycobacterium leprae</em>; Multibacillary leprosy.</p>

PY - 2018
SP - 2528
EP - 34
T2 - Journal of Nursing UFPE on line
TI - Leprosy relapse between the years 2005-2015
UR - https://periodicos.ufpe.br/revistas/revistaenfermagem/article/view/235028/30133
VL - 12
ER -