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Solange Bessa Cavalcanti

Universidade Federal de Alagoas
Verified email at fis.ufal.br
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[HTML][HTML] III Diretrizes para tuberculose da Sociedade Brasileira de Pneumologia e Tisiologia

…, R Dietze, SS Miranda, SC Cavalcante… - Jornal Brasileiro de …, 2009 - SciELO Brasil
Diariamente novos artigos científicos sobre tuberculose (TB) são publicados em todo mundo.
No entanto, é difícil para o profissional sobrecarregado na rotina de trabalho acompanhar …

[HTML][HTML] II Consenso Brasileiro de Tuberculose: diretrizes brasileiras para tuberculose 2004

…, OHM Leite, P Picon, RF Silva, S Cavalcanti… - Jornal Brasileiro de …, 2004 - SciELO Brasil
Para a elaboração destas Diretrizes tomou-se por base o I Consenso, de 1997, as normas
estabelecidas no Guia de Vigilância Epidemiológica/MS-2002, que incorporaram as mais …

Management of latent Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection: WHO guidelines for low tuberculosis burden countries

…, J Bruchfeld, E Burhan, S Cavalcante… - European …, 2015 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) is characterised by the presence of immune responses
to previously acquired Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection without clinical evidence of …

The impact of antiretroviral therapy and isoniazid preventive therapy on tuberculosis incidence in HIV-infected patients in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

JE Golub, V Saraceni, SC Cavalcante, AG Pacheco… - Aids, 2007 - journals.lww.com
Background: Tuberculosis is a common complication and leading cause of death in HIV
infection. Antiretroviral therapy (ART) lowers the risk of tuberculosis, but may not be sufficient to …

[HTML][HTML] III Brazilian thoracic association guidelines on tuberculosis

…, R Dietze, SS Miranda, SC Cavalcante… - Jornal Brasileiro de …, 2009 - SciELO Brasil
Diariamente novos artigos científicos sobre tuberculose (TB) são publicados em todo mundo.
No entanto, é difícil para o profissional sobrecarregado na rotina de trabalho acompanhar …

Controlling the seedbeds of tuberculosis: diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis infection

MX Rangaka, SC Cavalcante, BJ Marais, S Thim… - The Lancet, 2015 - thelancet.com
The billions of people with latent tuberculosis infection serve as the seedbeds for future
cases of active tuberculosis. Virtually all episodes of tuberculosis disease are preceded by a …

[HTML][HTML] Impact of replacing smear microscopy with Xpert MTB/RIF for diagnosing tuberculosis in Brazil: a stepped-wedge cluster-randomized trial

…, A Trajman, M Cordeiro-Santos, S Cavalcante… - PLoS …, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Background Abundant evidence on Xpert MTB/RIF accuracy for diagnosing tuberculosis (TB)
and rifampicin resistance has been produced, yet there are few data on the population …

[HTML][HTML] Peculiaridades do controle da tuberculose em um cenário de violência urbana de uma comunidade carente do Rio de Janeiro

FBA Souza, TCS Villa, SC Cavalcante… - Jornal Brasileiro de …, 2007 - SciELO Brasil
OBJETIVO: Descrever as dificuldades e peculiaridades encontradas por profissionais de
saúde durante o tratamento e a investigação de contatos de pacientes com tuberculose (TB) …

Long-term protection from isoniazid preventive therapy for tuberculosis in HIV-infected patients in a medium-burden tuberculosis setting: the TB/HIV in Rio (THRio) …

…, S Cohn, V Saraceni, SC Cavalcante… - Clinical Infectious …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
The duration of protection against tuberculosis provided by isoniazid preventive therapy is
not known for HIV-infected individuals living in medium tuberculosis incidence settings. We …

Effect of improved tuberculosis screening and isoniazid preventive therapy on incidence of tuberculosis and death in patients with HIV in clinics in Rio de Janeiro …

…, LH Moulton, AG Pacheco, SC Cavalcante… - The Lancet infectious …, 2013 - thelancet.com
Background Preventive therapy for tuberculosis in patients with HIV is effective, but it has not
been widely implemented in moderate or high-burden settings. We assessed the effect of …