Clinical profile and mortality predictors for tuberculosis disease among patients with solid tumours.

Camila Agra Gomes de LiraDriele Peixoto BittencourtCamila da Silva BicalhoPatrícia Bonazzi RodriguesMaristela Pinheiro FreireDanilo Ortigoso Ligia Camera Camera Pierrotti

Published in: Infectious diseases (London, England) (2022)

Male, usage of alcohol and smoking were the most predominant patients characteristics in our sample. In the multivariate analysis, lung cancer, presence of metastasis and ECOG ≥ 3 were associated with death from TB.

Keyphrases

mycobacterium tuberculosis
end stage renal disease
newly diagnosed
ejection fraction
prognostic factors
type diabetes
emergency department
patient reported outcomes
hiv aids
smoking cessation
electronic health record