Tuberculosis (TB) is a major health problem in Nigeria. The country is currently fourth among
the 22 highburden countries (HBCs) of the world, with an incident of all new cases of …

Objective/background Many studies have suggested that sputum smear conversion after 2
months of antituberculosis treatment is an important determinant of treatment success and …

SETTING: Three regional referral hospitals in Uganda with a high burden of tuberculosis
(TB) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) cases. OBJECTIVE: To determine the …

Background: Treatment completion among tuberculosis patients remains low across various
regions of Uganda, despite implementation of directly observed treatment short course. This …

Background: Retreatment TB (tuberculosis) is a serious category of pulmonary TB with a
treatment outcome that could include MDR-TB (multidrug resistant TB). In the Msukaligwa …

The emergence of drug resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis has become a global threat to
tuberculosis (TB) prevention and control efforts. This study aimed to determine the drug …

Background: Previous studies have shown that recurrent TB develops in about 2-5% of the
patients after curative treatment with short-course anti-TB chemotherapy. With the advent of …

Introduction: Tuberculosis (TB) was the disease with the second highest incidence rate and
caused the highest mortality rate among communicable diseases in Malaysia. Current study …

The burden of both TB and HIV infections in Nasarawa State, Nigeria is relatively high, while
TB diagnostics are grossly inadequate thus, assessing retreatment outcomes among …

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