%0 Journal Article
%T Screening for pulmonary tuberculosis in Teres車polis, RJ, Brazil: the search for respiratory symptomatic patients in emergency service of "Hospital das Cl赤nicas de Teres車polis Costantino Ottaviano, Fundaˋˋo Educacional Serra dos 車rgˋos"
%A Siqueira-Batista
%A Rodrigo
%A Gomes
%A Andr谷ia Patr赤cia
%A Bisaglia
%A Joana B.
%A Borlot
%A Paulo Estevˋo W.
%A D'avila Junior
%A Heraldo X.
%A Faria
%A Carolina Gonˋalves P. P. de
%A Braga
%A Bernardo D.
%A Bezerra
%A Tiago S.
%A Cedrola
%A Juan Pedro V.
%A Almeida
%A Guilherme C.
%A Couto
%A L赤lian S.
%A Nacif
%A Marcelo
%A Crivano
%A Elvira
%J Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sˋo Paulo
%D 2005
%I Instituto de Medicina Tropical
%R 10.1590/S0036-46652005000200013
%X the aim of the present study was to investigate the detection percentage of tuberculosis among patients that are respiratory symptomatic (tb suspects). in this work, we present the preliminary results of research carried out at "hospital das cl赤nicas de teres車polis costantino ottaviano da fundaˋˋo educacional serra dos 車rgˋos (feso)" from november 2003 to april 2004. among the 40 respiratory symptomatic individuals identified and referred to the tuberculosis control program in teres車polis, two (5.0%) were characterized as smear-positive. these results confirm reports in the literature and underscore the need for and importance of this strategy.
%K tuberculosis
%K respiratory symptomatic
%K prevention.
%U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0036-46652005000200013&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en