Prevalencia de la Tuberculosis antes y después del COVID 19 en un hospital público de la ciudad de Guayaquil, durante el período 2019 y 2021.

Abstract

The prevalence of tuberculosis was already a health problem of great concern at the public/private level, but the appearance of the covid-19 pandemic worsened the situation, since its symptoms are similar to that of SarsCov-2 and even its means of ease of contagion. Objective: Determine the Prevalence of Tuberculosis before and after COVID 19 in a public hospital in the city of Guayaquil, during the period 2019 and 2021. Methodology: Descriptive, Quantitative, Retrospective, Cross-sectional Research, with an indirect Observation Matrix instrument. Results: with a total of 869 subjects, it shows a prevalence between 2019 and 2021 of 80.1%; sociodemographic characteristics: 41% between 24 and 31 years of age, 59% male, 56% urban areas; clinical characteristics: 67% new cases, 78% underweight, 60% with comorbidities such as HIV, 78% with pulmonary tuberculosis, 67% sensitive tuberculosis, 76% first line of treatment, at discharge 74% are cured; in the laboratory and imaging characteristics: in sputum/bacillioscopy and culture, 45% reported a cross, positive x-rays (100%), negative computed axial tomography (68%), positive PCR (60%) Conclusion: the type of pulmonary tuberculosis occurs consecutively and the prevalence increases despite the covid-19 pandemic, although it had decreased at that time and not because they were not infected or the infection was less transmissible, but because people were confused with the clinic of the Covid and tuberculosis.