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Última revisão das evidências: 17 Feb 2026
Última atualização do tópico: 24 Oct 2024

Resumo

Definição

História e exame físico

Principais fatores diagnósticos

  • presença de fatores de risco
  • tosse
  • febre
  • anorexia
  • perda de peso
  • mal-estar

Outros fatores diagnósticos

  • sudorese noturna
  • dor torácica pleurítica
  • hemoptise
  • sintomas psicológicos
  • ausculta torácica anormal
  • assintomático
  • dispneia
  • baqueteamento digital
  • eritema nodoso e eritema induratum

Fatores de risco

  • exposição à infecção
  • nascimento em um país endêmico
  • Infecção pelo vírus da imunodeficiência humana (HIV)
  • medicamentos imunossupressores
  • neoplasias malignas
  • silicose
  • doença renal em estágio terminal
  • fibrose apical
  • uso de substâncias por via intravenosa
  • desnutrição
  • alcoolismo
  • diabetes
  • aspectos combinados de alto risco
  • baixa condição socioeconômica ou ancestralidade negra/hispânica/índios norte-americanos
  • idade
  • tabagismo

Investigações diagnósticas

Primeiras investigações a serem solicitadas

  • radiografia torácica
  • baciloscopia do escarro para detecção de bacilos álcool-ácido resistentes
  • cultura de escarro
  • Hemograma completo
  • testes de amplificação de ácido nucleico (NAATs)

Investigações a serem consideradas

  • aspirado gástrico
  • broncoscopia e lavagem broncoalveolar
  • exame de fezes
  • tratamento empírico
  • teste de sensibilidade a medicamentos
  • genotipagem
  • teste de HIV
  • ensaio de lipoarabinomanano de fluxo lateral na urina (LF-LAM)
  • tomografia computadorizada (TC) do tórax
  • teste tuberculínico cutâneo
  • testes de liberação de gamainterferona
  • Testes cutâneos baseados em antígenos de TB (TCTB)

Algoritmo de tratamiento

Colaboradores

Autores

David J. Horne, MD, MPH
David J. Horne

Associate Professor

Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine

Department of Medicine

University of Washington

Seattle

WA

Divulgaciones

DJH declares that he has no competing interests.

Masahiro Narita, MD
Masahiro Narita

Professor of Medicine

Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine

Department of Medicine

University of Washington

Seattle

WA

Divulgaciones

MN declares that he has no competing interests. MN is the author of a reference cited in this topic.

Revisores por pares

Fayez Kheir, MD, MSc

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Harvard Medical School

Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care

Massachusetts General Hospital

Boston

MA

Divulgaciones

FK declares that he has no competing interests.

William Burman, MD

Professor

Division of Infectious Diseases

University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center

Denver

CO

Divulgaciones

WB declares that he has no competing interests.

Ian Campbell, MD (Lond), FRCP (Edin & Lond)

Consultant Chest Physician

Llandough Hospital

Llandough

Penarth

South Wales

Divulgaciones

IC declares that he has no competing interests.

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Referencias

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Artículos principales

Nahid P, Dorman SE, Alipanah N, et al. Official American Thoracic Society/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/Infectious Diseases Society of America clinical practice guidelines: treatment of drug-susceptible tuberculosis. Clin Infect Dis. 2016 Oct 1;63(7):e147-95.Texto completo  Resumen

Lewinsohn DM, Leonard MK, LoBue PA, et al. Official American Thoracic Society/Infectious Diseases Society of America/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention clinical practice guidelines: diagnosis of tuberculosis in adults and children. Clin Infect Dis. 2017 Jan 15;64(2):e1-33.Texto completo  Resumen

World Health Organization. WHO consolidated guidelines on tuberculosis: module 5: management of tuberculosis in children and adolescents. Mar 2022 [internet publication].Texto completo

National Institutes of Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, HIV Medicine Association, and Infectious Diseases Society of America. Panel on Guidelines for the Prevention and Treatment of Opportunistic Infections in Adults and Adolescents with HIV. Guidelines for the prevention and treatment of opportunistic infections in adults and adolescents with HIV: mycobacterium tuberculosis infection and disease. 2024 [internet publication].Texto completo

Nahid P, Mase SR, Migliori GB, et al. Treatment of drug-resistant tuberculosis. An official ATS/CDC/ERS/IDSA clinical practice guideline. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2019 Nov 15;200(10):e93-142.Texto completo  Resumen

World Health Organization. WHO consolidated guidelines on tuberculosis: module 4: treatment: drug-susceptible tuberculosis treatment. May 2022 [internet publication].Texto completo

Uthman OA, Okwundu C, Gbenga K, et al. Optimal timing of antiretroviral therapy initiation for HIV-infected adults with newly diagnosed pulmonary tuberculosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Ann Intern Med. 2015 Jul 7;163(1):32-9. Resumen

World Health Organization. WHO consolidated guidelines on tuberculosis: module 4: treatment: drug-resistant tuberculosis treatment, 2022 update. Dec 2022 [internet publication].Texto completo

Tuberculosis Trials Consortium. Rifapentine and isoniazid once a week versus rifampicin and isoniazid twice a week for treatment of drug-susceptible pulmonary tuberculosis in HIV-negative patients: a randomised clinical trial. Lancet. 2002 Aug 17;360(9332):528-34. Resumen

American Thoracic Society/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/Infectious Diseases Society of America. Controlling tuberculosis in the United States. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2005 Nov 1;172(9):1169-227.Texto completo  Resumen

Artículos de referencia

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