Pretreatment attrition and treatment initiation delay among rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis patients in Lagos, Nigeria: a retrospective cohort study.

Olusola Adedeji AdejumoOlusoji DanielVictor A AdepojuMoses O OnohOlusola D SokoyaHussein Abdur-RazzaqOlanike MoronfoluOmolara M OyadotunBolanle Olusola-Faleye

Published in: Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (2022)

The pretreatment attrition rate and proportion of RR-TB patients with treatment delays were high. Pragmatic approaches to address the high pretreatment attrition and treatment delays in Lagos, Nigeria, are urgently needed.

Keyphrases

mycobacterium tuberculosis
end stage renal disease
newly diagnosed
randomized controlled trial
combination therapy
prognostic factors
study protocol
peritoneal dialysis
patient reported