Tuberculosis Treatment Outcomes and Associated Factors Among Patients Treated at Woldia General Hospital in Northeast Ethiopia: An Institution-Based Cross-Sectional Study.
Addisu GetieBirhan AlemnewPublished in: Infection and drug resistance (2020)
The study showed that nearly 20% of tuberculosis patients had an unsuccessful treatment outcome. Older age, female sex, year of registration in 2015, and being HIV positive were found significantly associated with poor tuberculosis treatment outcomes. Therefore, targeted measures should be considered to decrease poor TB treatment outcomes among high-risk patients through careful monitoring, making the DOTs program more accessible, counseling, and linking HIV patients.
Keyphrases
- end stage renal disease
- hiv positive
- ejection fraction
- mycobacterium tuberculosis
- chronic kidney disease
- newly diagnosed
- antiretroviral therapy
- prognostic factors
- men who have sex with men
- hiv infected
- emergency department
- physical activity
- hiv testing
- hiv aids
- human immunodeficiency virus
- pulmonary tuberculosis
- patient reported
- fluorescent probe
- simultaneous determination