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Treatment outcome of tuberculosis patients and factors determining treatment outcome at peripheral health settings of Northern Ethiopia: a five year retrospective study

Article scientifique 2019 Anglais

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Abstract Objective Evidences of treatment outcome and identifying factors associated with treatment failure through a register based retrospective study have significant contribution in in the improvement of a National Tuberculosis Program. However there is a scarcity of data from peripheral health settings in Ethiopia. Therefore this study is aimed at determining treatment outcome of tuberculosis patients and associated factors. Results A total of 3471 patient records were included. More than half, (58%) were males and the mean age was 34 ± 17 years. Majority (43%) had extra-pulmonary TB. From the total TB patients, 18.8% were HIV co infected. The overall treatment success was 89.5%. Being HIV coinfected, pulmonary negative, extra-pulmonary and retreatment case were significantly associated with treatment failure.

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Abdulkadir, M., Aken, I., Niguse, S., Hailekiros, H., Spigt, M. (2019). Treatment outcome of tuberculosis patients and factors determining treatment outcome at peripheral health settings of Northern Ethiopia: a five year retrospective study. https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.2.11942/v1

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Mahmud Abdulkadir Ischa van Aken Selam Niguse Haftamu Hailekiros Mark Spigt

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