title: [Risk of the adults living with sputum-positive carriers for contracting tuberculosis].
abstract: An analytical, retrospective, and observational study was conducted aimed at identifying the risk factor associated with the development of tuberculosis in the intradomiciliary adult contacts of the sputum-positive carriers. One hundred twenty four subjects living with pulmonary tuberculosis patients were studied from January 1st 1997 to December 31st 2000, in Habana Vieja Municipality. 8% of the individuals living with tuberculosis patients with positive bacilloscopy got sick. The close contact with the index case from 7 to 59 months was a risk factor to catch the disease. Other risk factors identified were overcrowding, insufficient natural lightning, and inappropriate ventilation, which were present in 70% of the cohabiting subjects that got ill.
authors: Hospital Neumológico Docente Benéfico Jurídico.
authors: Pedro Humberto
authors: PH
authors: Machado Leyva
authors: Solangel
authors: S
authors: Valdés Díaz
authors: Edilberto
authors: E
authors: González Ochoa
authors: Eberto
authors: E
authors: Silvera García
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D016358:Contact Tracing; D003441:Crowding; D005192:Family Health; D005260:Female; D006798:Housing; D006801:Humans; D008029:Lighting; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012306:Risk; D012307:Risk Factors; D013183:Sputum / Q000382:microbiology*; D013472:Sunlight; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000635:transmission; D014505:Urban Population; D014691:Ventilation; D055815:Young Adult