Survival Trend of Tuberculosis Patients and Risk Factors Associated with Mortality and Developing Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis in Hospital Pulau Pinang, Malaysia: A Retrospective Study.

Aseel Rezeq Ali YaghiHeba Saleh ShaheedSabariah Noor HarunIrfhan Ali Hyder AliAmer Hayat Khan

Published in: Advances in respiratory medicine (2022)

Patients achieved a success rate of 75.4%, which is encouraging but still far below the WHO target (at least an 85% success rate) and has room for further improvement.

Keyphrases

drug resistant
end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
mycobacterium tuberculosis
peritoneal dialysis
prognostic factors
emergency department
cardiovascular disease
cardiovascular events