The Targeted Maximum Likelihood estimation to estimate the causal effects of the previous tuberculosis treatment in Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in Sudan.

Adel Hussein EldumaKourosh Holakouie-NaieniAmir Almasi-HashianiAbbas Rahimi ForoushaniHamdan Mustafa Hamdan AliMuatsim Ahmed Mohammed AdamAsma ElsonyMohammad Ali Mansournia

Published in: PloS one (2023)

Our findings indicated that previous tuberculosis treatment history was determine as a risk factor for MDR-TB in Sudan. Also, TMLE method can be used to estimate the risk difference and the risk ratio in a case-control study design.

Keyphrases

multidrug resistant
mycobacterium tuberculosis
case control
pulmonary tuberculosis
hiv aids
drug resistant
emergency department
acinetobacter baumannii
gram negative
drug delivery
adverse drug
pseudomonas aeruginosa
human immunodeficiency virus