Risk factors for high death and loss-to-follow-up rates among patients with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis at a programmatic management unit

Highlights • Despite programmatic efforts, high death and loss to follow up rates are alarming. • Ofloxacin resistance and baseline low body weight emerged as risk factors for death. • This stresses for preserving susceptibility to fluoroquinolones. • Rural residence emerged as a risk factor for loss to follow up. • For rural patients, reducing the frequency of visits in continuation phase in proposed.