A systematic review of risk factors for mortality among tuberculosis patients in South Africa

TJ Nicholson, G Hoddinott, JA Seddon… - Systematic …, 2023 - Springer
Background Tuberculosis (TB)-associated mortality in South Africa remains high. This
review aimed to systematically assess risk factors associated with death during TB treatment …

Long-term outcomes of the global tuberculosis and COVID-19 co-infection cohort

GT Network, N Casco, AL Jorge… - European …, 2023 - publications.ersnet.org
Background Longitudinal cohort data of patients with tuberculosis (TB) and coronavirus
disease 2019 (COVID-19) are lacking. In our global study, we describe long-term outcomes …

Mortality during treatment for tuberculosis; a review of surveillance data in a rural county in Kenya

OA Abdullahi, MM Ngari, D Sanga, G Katana… - PLoS …, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Background Globally in 2016, 1.7 million people died of Tuberculosis (TB). This study aimed
to estimate all-cause mortality rate, identify features associated with mortality and describe …

Delays to treatment initiation is associated with tuberculosis treatment outcomes among patients on directly observed treatment short course in Southwest Ethiopia: a …

A Asres, D Jerene, W Deressa - BMC pulmonary medicine, 2018 - Springer
Background Despite reported long delays to initiate anti-TB treatment and poor outcomes in
different parts of Ethiopia and elsewhere, evidences on association between the delay and …

Gender differences among patients with drug resistant tuberculosis and HIV co-infection in Uganda: a countrywide retrospective cohort study

JB Baluku, D Mukasa, F Bongomin… - BMC infectious …, 2021 - Springer
Background Gender differences among patients with drug resistant tuberculosis (DRTB) and
HIV co-infection could affect treatment outcomes. We compared characteristics and …

Association between TB delay and TB treatment outcomes in HIV-TB co-infected patients: a study based on the multilevel propensity score method

R Liao, L Hu, J Yu, Y Chen, M Chen, J Yan, X Li… - BMC Infectious …, 2024 - Springer
Abstract Background HIV-tuberculosis (HIV-TB) co-infection is a significant public health
concern worldwide. TB delay, consisting of patient delay, diagnostic delay, treatment delay …

Mortality in South African children and adolescents routinely treated for tuberculosis

M Osman, K du Preez, JA Seddon, MM Claassens… - …, 2021 - publications.aap.org
BACKGROUND: In South Africa, tuberculosis (TB) is a leading cause of death among those<
20 years of age. We describe changes in TB mortality among children and adolescents in …

[HTML][HTML] Survival rate and mortality risk factors among TB–HIV co-infected patients at an HIV-specialist hospital in Myanmar: A 12-year retrospective follow-up study

ZZ Aung, YM Saw, TN Saw, N Oo, HNN Aye… - International Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Background Myanmar is listed as one of the countries with the highest burden of
tuberculosis and HIV infections (TB–HIV) in the world. However, the survival rate and risk …

Trends of tuberculosis case detection, mortality and co-infection with HIV in Ghana: A retrospective cohort study

E Osei, S Oppong, J Der - Plos one, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Background In an era of renewed commitment to accelerate the declines in Tuberculosis
(TB) incidence and mortality, there is the need for National Tuberculosis Programmes …

[HTML][HTML] Mortality and associated factors among adult patients on tuberculosis treatment in Tanzania: A retrospective cohort study

EM Bukundi, F Mhimbira, R Kishimba, Z Kondo… - Journal of Clinical …, 2021 - Elsevier
Introduction Tuberculosis (TB) is the global leading cause of death from an infectious agent.
Tanzania is among the 30 high TB burden countries with a mortality rate of 47 per 100,000 …