Background: Tobacco smoking is a risk factor for tuberculosis but little is known about the
relationship between tobacco smoking and drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB). We …

TB affects around 10.6 million people each year and there are now around 155 million TB
survivors. TB and its treatments can lead to permanently impaired health and wellbeing. In …

Background Malnutrition is prevalent in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) and is
associated with a poor prognosis. Objective This study aims to assess the prevalence and …

Background: The WHO advised that the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on TB services was
estimated to be dramatic due to the disruption of TB services. Methods: A retrospective data …

Background Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis had high treatment failure and mortality.
Success rate of treatment currently 56% at global level, 48% in Indonesia and 36% in West …

Tuberculosis (TB) in the elderly (> 65 years old) has increasingly become a global health
problem. It has long been recognized that older people are vulnerable to developing …

This study aimed to analyze the discourses of patients who were diagnosed with multidrug-
resistant tuberculosis, the perception of why they acquired this health condition and barriers …

Tuberculosis (TB) is a bacterial infectious disease that comes with a high mortality rate
through manifesting lung damage. Understanding the TB transmission is critical to designing …

El objetivo de este artículo es analizar las condiciones de acceso a servicios de salud de las
personas con tuberculosis en América Latina y el Caribe (ALC), reflexionando desde la …

Background Several papers have shown contradictory evidence about the relationship
between smoking and COVID-19-related deaths. There is little evidence about smoking and …