[Clinical-epidemiological characterization of patients with tuberculosis in the Department of Caaguazú, Paraguay. 2014-2017].

Background Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the ten leading causes of death worldwide. Aim To characterize the clinical and epidemiological point of view of TB cases reported in the Department of Caaguazu-Paraguay, from 2014 to 2017. Methods Observational, descriptive, retrospective study; Population: 659 cases of TB registered in the National Tuberculosis Control Program (NTCP); variables: age, sex, population group, type of TB, TB/HIV coinfection. We procesed database in Excel 2016 © using Stata 14.0®. Results 63.3% were of male gender, average age: 35.8 years, 39.6% were indigenous and 85.4% were liberty deprived persons known as inmates (LDP), 89.6% had pulmonary TB and 2,4% had TB/HIV coinfection. Incidence rate exceed 21.6/100,000 inhabitants in 2014. Indigenous incidence was 76.5/100,000 inhabitants in 2017, LDP incidence was 2,272.1/ 100,000 inhabitants in 2017. Conclusion The incidence of TB in the Department of Caaguazu is low, mainly affecting men, while TB incidence in indigenous people and LDP was high.