Rifampicin-Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis Among Patients with Presumptive Tuberculosis in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Shambel Araya Abebe Edao Negesso Zemenu Tamir

Published in: Infection and drug resistance (2020)

This study showed a decreasing trend of both MTB and RR-MTB from 2016 to 2018 in an MTB, MDR-MTB, and TB/HIV co-infection high-burden setting, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Occurrence of MTB and RR-MTB was associated with treatment history. Therefore, improvement in treatment adherence of identified cases would be helpful to prevent emergence or re-emergence of MTB and RR-MTB cases.

Keyphrases

mycobacterium tuberculosis
pulmonary tuberculosis
antiretroviral therapy
hiv infected
human immunodeficiency virus
hiv positive
risk factors
hepatitis c virus
hiv aids
south africa
weight loss
drug induced
electronic health record