Time to death and risk factors among tuberculosis patients in Northern Ethiopia

The main objective of this study was to assess time to death and associated risk factors among tuberculosis (TB) patients. A total of 769 TB patients were studied and of those, 87 (11.3%) patients died. All of the deaths occurred within 7 months of anti-tuberculosis therapy. Extra-pulmonary TB (AHR ...

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Veröffentlicht in:	BMC research notes 2018-10, Vol.11 (1), p.696-696, Article 696
Hauptverfasser:	Asgedom, Solomon Weldegebreal, Tesfaye, Daniel, Nirayo, Yirga Legesse, Atey, Tesfay Mehari
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Acquired immune deficiency syndrome Adolescent Adult Aged Aged, 80 and over AIDS Analysis Child Child, Preschool Clinics Cotrimoxazole Cross-Sectional Studies Data collection Death Drug therapy Ethiopia Ethiopia - epidemiology Female Health risk assessment HIV Human immunodeficiency virus Humans Infant Leprosy Male Medical records Middle Aged Mortality Patient outcomes Patients Prophylaxis Research Note Risk Factors Studies Time Factors Time to death Tuberculosis Tuberculosis - diagnosis Tuberculosis - drug therapy Tuberculosis - mortality Young Adult
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Zusammenfassung:	The main objective of this study was to assess time to death and associated risk factors among tuberculosis (TB) patients. A total of 769 TB patients were studied and of those, 87 (11.3%) patients died. All of the deaths occurred within 7 months of anti-tuberculosis therapy. Extra-pulmonary TB (AHR = 17.376, 95% CI; 3.88-77.86, p
ISSN:	1756-0500 1756-0500
DOI:	10.1186/s13104-018-3806-7