Publicación:

Comportamiento clínico epidemiológico de la tos ferina en el departamento de Sucre, 2012 – 2017

Resumen

Objectives. To discover the clinical epidemiological behavior of whooping cough in the Department of Sucre, Period 2012 - 2017. Materials and methods. An observational study, retrospective descriptive type, with quantitative approach and documentary outline of the SIVIGILA Public Health Surveillance Information System of the Department of Sucre in the last six years, comparing the epidemiological behavior of the disease over time, was conducted. The total of individual cases affected in different years. The information was obtained from the notification to SIVIGILA. The universe 1,587 probable cases reported, the sample was obtained from an intentional non-probabilistic sampling by criteria, 165 cases confirmed by laboratory technique. The information was analyzed through the construction of a database in Excel, taking as a reference the variables of time, place and person; it is cleaned, eliminating duplicate and repeated records allowing the creation and design of lists and statistical analysis tables. Results: The causative agents of whooping cough (Bordetella Pertussis (BP), Bordetella parapertussis and Bordetella spp) were identified in 165 laboratory-confirmed cases. The main predominant signs and symptoms of the disease were cough (98.8%), paroxysmal cough (79.4), vomiting (37.6%), followed by stridor (35.8%). Conclusions. BP was determined as the most prevalent causative agent, at the same time the study allowed to identify signs and symptoms as well as epidemiological characteristics of the confirmed cases.