Treatment outcomes of Gene Xpert positive tuberculosis patients in KwaMashu Community Health Centre, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: A retrospective review.
Sarusha PillayNombulelo P MagulaPublished in: Southern African journal of infectious diseases (2021)
Treatment success rate was 57.4% which was below the target set by the WHO. This underscores the urgent need to strengthen treatment adherence strategies to improve outcomes, especially in high HIV burden settings.
Keyphrases
- south africa
- hiv positive
- end stage renal disease
- hiv aids
- chronic kidney disease
- antiretroviral therapy
- ejection fraction
- prognostic factors
- hiv infected
- mycobacterium tuberculosis
- hepatitis c virus
- human immunodeficiency virus
- gene expression
- emergency department
- patient reported outcomes
- risk factors
- combination therapy
- copy number
- peritoneal dialysis
- adipose tissue
- transcription factor
- replacement therapy
- pulmonary tuberculosis
- glycemic control