Characteristics of tuberculosis-related deaths and risk factors: a retrospective cohort study in Samsun province of Turkey.
Muhammet Ali OrucSule OzdemırDerya OztomurcukPublished in: Postgraduate medicine (2022)
The majority of deaths in our cohort occurred within the first two months after starting the treatment. Advanced age, male sex, a new diagnosis of TB, pulmonary TB, MDR-TB, and a treatment delay of more than ten days after diagnosis increased the risk for mortality during antituberculosis treatment.