Incidencia de tuberculosis en pacientes de 18 a 50 años de edad en un centro de salud de la ciudad de Guayaquil.

Abstract

The World Health Organization defines tuberculosis as an infectious disease that usually affects the lungs and is caused by a bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis. It is transmitted from one person to another through Fluoride droplets generated in the respiratory tract in patients with active lung disease. The symptoms of tuberculosis are coughing with sputum that can be bloody. Objective:To determine the incidence of tuberculosis in patients aged 18-50 years at a health center in the city of Guayaquil. Materials and methods:It was carried out in a descriptive, prospective, transversal research, in a population that consisted of 30 samples. Method of data collection.Indirect observation is used (data collection sheet). Results:The incidence of new cases at the health center was 30 patients with tuberculosis, 67% were male, the clinical manifestations that increased the most were cough and expectoration andweight loss and the environmental risk factor More prevalent in patients with tuberculosis was drug addiction obtaining 40%, and socio-cultural and economic factor, 50% belongs to a primary level, and 57% have a low socioeconomic level. Conclusion: The incidence of pulmonary tuberculosis was 30 cases inthe indicated period, occurring more frequently in male patients.