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Time to death and risk factors among tuberculosis patients in Northern Ethiopia.
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ABSTRACT: Objective
The main objective of this study was to assess time to death and associated risk factors among tuberculosis (TB) patients.Results
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?
SUBMITTER: Asgedom SW
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6172746 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
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Time to death and risk factors among tuberculosis patients in Northern Ethiopia.
BMC research notes 20181004 1
<h4>Objective</h4>The main objective of this study was to assess time to death and associated risk factors among tuberculosis (TB) patients.<h4>Results</h4>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 < 0.001) as compared to pulmonary TB and cotrimoxazole prophylaxis therapy (CPT) (AHR = 0.15, 95% CI; 0.03-0.74, p = 0.02) were found t ...[more]