Time to sputum smear and culture conversions in multidrug resistant tuberculosis at University of Gondar Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia.
Agumas ShibabawBaye GelawShu-Hua WangBelay TessemaPublished in: PloS one (2018)
Majority of patients achieved sputum culture conversion within three months and smear conversion within two months. Patients with identified risk factors were associated with delayed culture conversion. These factors should be considered during management of MDR-TB patients.
Keyphrases
- end stage renal disease
- pulmonary tuberculosis
- multidrug resistant
- mycobacterium tuberculosis
- ejection fraction
- risk factors
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- cystic fibrosis
- peritoneal dialysis
- prognostic factors
- escherichia coli
- drug resistant
- hiv aids
- acinetobacter baumannii
- gram negative
- electronic health record
- adverse drug