Prevalence of mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in students of Faculdade de Ciências Médicas e da Saúde da PUC-SP

Objective: this study analyzed the rate of tuberculosis (TB) infection among nursing students as well as the level of knowledge of these students about the disease. Results: the results demonstrated a low rate of TB infection. Conclusion: however, we identified gaps in knowledge from these students...

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Main Authors: Raquel Aparecida de Oliveira, Raíssa de Campos
Format: Article
Language:Portuguese
Published: Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo 2015-06-01
Series:Revista da Faculdade de Ciências Médicas de Sorocaba
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Online Access:http://revistas.pucsp.br/index.php/RFCMS/article/view/22963
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author Raquel Aparecida de Oliveira
Raíssa de Campos
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Raíssa de Campos
Prevalence of mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in students of Faculdade de Ciências Médicas e da Saúde da PUC-SP
Revista da Faculdade de Ciências Médicas de Sorocaba
tuberculose
transmissão de doença infecciosa
estudantes de enfermagem
conhecimentos, atitudes e prática em saúde
author_facet Raquel Aparecida de Oliveira
Raíssa de Campos
author_sort Raquel Aparecida de Oliveira
title Prevalence of mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in students of Faculdade de Ciências Médicas e da Saúde da PUC-SP
title_short Prevalence of mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in students of Faculdade de Ciências Médicas e da Saúde da PUC-SP
title_full Prevalence of mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in students of Faculdade de Ciências Médicas e da Saúde da PUC-SP
title_fullStr Prevalence of mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in students of Faculdade de Ciências Médicas e da Saúde da PUC-SP
title_full_unstemmed Prevalence of mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in students of Faculdade de Ciências Médicas e da Saúde da PUC-SP
title_sort prevalence of mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in students of faculdade de ciências médicas e da saúde da puc-sp
publisher Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo
series Revista da Faculdade de Ciências Médicas de Sorocaba
issn 1984-4840
publishDate 2015-06-01
description Objective: this study analyzed the rate of tuberculosis (TB) infection among nursing students as well as the level of knowledge of these students about the disease. Results: the results demonstrated a low rate of TB infection. Conclusion: however, we identified gaps in knowledge from these students on issues that concern their own protection when in contact with the TB patient, suggesting the need to implement targeted and efficient measures on preventing occupational TB infection.
topic tuberculose
transmissão de doença infecciosa
estudantes de enfermagem
conhecimentos, atitudes e prática em saúde
url http://revistas.pucsp.br/index.php/RFCMS/article/view/22963
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