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Determinants of Multidrug-Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection: A Multicenter Study from Southern Ethiopia.

Abdulkerim BadgebaMulugeta Shegaze ShimbreMathewos Alemu GebremichaelBiruk BogaleMenur BerhanuHanan Abdulkadir
Published in: Infection and drug resistance (2022)
In this study, TB patients facing social stigma, living in one- and two-roomed houses, having a previous history of TB treatment, having low baseline BMI and pulmonary type of TB had higher odds of MDR-TB. Therefore, health workers in TB control programs should include mental health services in the TB care protocol, and priority should be given to malnutrition screening as a first-line diagnosis, nutritional supplements, and health education about proper housing.
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