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Factors predictive of the success of tuberculosis treatment: A systematic review with meta-analysis.

Ninfa Marlen Chaves-TorresJecxy Julieth Quijano RodríguezPablo Sebastián Porras AndradeMaría Belen ArriagaEduardo Martins Netto
Published in: PloS one (2019)
The success of TB treatment at the global level was good, but was still below the defined threshold of 85%. Factors such as age, sex, alcohol consumption, smoking, lack of sputum conversion at two months of treatment and HIV affected the success of TB treatment.
Keyphrases
  • mycobacterium tuberculosis
  • emergency department
  • human immunodeficiency virus
  • cystic fibrosis
  • hepatitis c virus
  • hiv aids
  • combination therapy
  • pulmonary tuberculosis
  • hiv testing