Introduction Tuberculosis (TB) remains a global health challenge and leading infectious
killer worldwide. The need for continuous evaluation of TB treatment outcomes becomes …

Tuberculosis (TB) has emerged as the single leading cause of death from any single
infectious agent and has continued to be a major public health problem all over the world. Of …

Objective: To assess treatment outcomes and determinants of outcome among tuberculosis
patients. Design: A longitudinal study design involving a cohort of sputum smear-positive …

Introduction: Tuberculosis is a highly feared disease, known for centuries to affect, debilitate,
impoverish large sections of the population and continues to ravage the world and …

OBJECTIVE: The magnitude of drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection (MDR-
TB) in Nigeria, the most populous country in sub-Saharan Africa, is largely unknown. This …

Treatment failure in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis poses a great danger to the global
effort in control of tuberculosis. This study evaluated prevalence of treatment failure among …

Introduction: Non-adherence to treatment has been one of the main obstacles to the control
of tuberculosis. The objective of this study is to investigate the rate of adherence to …

Background: Defaulting from Directly Observed Treatment Short Course (DOTS) is a big
challenge to the effective control of TB. There are no published data on defaulting from …

Tuberculosis (TB) is a serious disease of public health concern, mainly in low-and middle-
income countries. Most of these countries have challenges in diagnosis and treatment of TB …

Background Tuberculosis (TB) is one of major critical heath problem worldwide, where drug
treatment is fundamental for controlling TB promoting cure of the patient and breaking the …