Background Tuberculosis is a bacterial infectious disease, which affects different parts of a
human body, mainly lungs and can lead to the patient's death. The aim of this study is to …

Background The rate of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis is increasing at an alarming rate
throughout the world. It is becoming an emerging public health problem in East Africa. The …

Background More than 20% of tuberculosis (TB) disease worldwide may be attributable to
smoking and alcohol abuse. India is the second largest consumer of tobacco products, a …

Background Smoking plays a key role in the development of tuberculosis (TB) infection and
is also a predictor of poor TB treatment prognosis and outcomes. The current study was …

Introduction Pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) remains a major public health challenge in South
Africa. However, little attention is paid to the impact of health related quality of life (HRQL) …

Abstract Background According to the World Health Organization's recent report, in
Malaysia, tuberculosis (TB) treatment success rate for new smear positive pulmonary …

TB treatment interruption has resulted in delayed sputum conversion, drug resistance, and a
high mortality rate and a prolonged treatment course, hence leading to economic and …

Background The increased risk of loss to follow-up among TB smokers raises concern over
the secondary spread within the community. This study aimed to determine the factors …

Two hundred and seventy one original published materials related to tobacco use were
found in a search through a database dedicated to indexing all original data relevant to …

Background Concurrent diabetes mellitus (DM) with tuberculosis (TB) has an increased risk
of treatment failure. This study was aimed to evaluate treatment outcomes in patients with TB …