Treatment Outcomes and Predictors Among Tuberculosis Patients at Madda Walabu University Goba Referral Hospital, Southeast Ethiopia.
Ayele Mamo ArgawMohammedaman Mama HussenDamtew SolomonMesud MohammedPublished in: Infection and drug resistance (2021)
The treatment failure rate was 8.8% with [95% CI, 5.7-12]. The proportion of TB patents who died was relatively higher. HIV-positive patients and old age people were predictors of unsuccessful treatment outcomes. Thus, the health facility should strengthen the evaluation of HIV-positive patients and old age patients to minimize mortality.
Keyphrases
- hiv positive
- end stage renal disease
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- men who have sex with men
- prognostic factors
- primary care
- peritoneal dialysis
- mycobacterium tuberculosis
- antiretroviral therapy
- type diabetes
- mental health
- coronary artery disease
- climate change
- electronic health record
- smoking cessation