1. Factors Associated With Unfavorable Treatment Outcomes Among Persons With Pulmonary Tuberculosis: A Multicentric Prospective Cohort Study From India.
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Babu, Senbagavalli Prakash, Ezhumalai, Komala, Raghupathy, Kalaivani, Karoly, Meagan, Chinnakali, Palanivel, Gupte, Nikhil, Paradkar, Mandar, Devarajan, Arutselvi, Dhanasekaran, Mythili, Thiruvengadam, Kannan, Dauphinais, Madolyn Rose, Gupte, Akshay N, Shivakumar, Shrivijay Balayogendra, Thangakunam, Balamugesh, Christopher, Devasahayam Jesudas, Viswanathan, Vijay, Mave, Vidya, Gaikwad, Sanjay, Kinikar, Aarti, and Kornfeld, Hardy
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DRUG therapy for tuberculosis ,MORTALITY risk factors ,PATIENT compliance ,RISK assessment ,POISSON distribution ,RESEARCH funding ,MICROBIAL sensitivity tests ,MULTIPLE regression analysis ,TREATMENT effectiveness ,DESCRIPTIVE statistics ,AGE distribution ,ANTITUBERCULAR agents ,LONGITUDINAL method ,SURVEYS ,RESEARCH ,TREATMENT failure ,DISEASE relapse ,CONFIDENCE intervals ,REGRESSION analysis ,EMPLOYMENT ,EVALUATION ,DISEASE risk factors - Abstract
In this prospective cohort of 2006 individuals with drug-susceptible tuberculosis in India, 18% had unfavorable treatment outcomes (4.7% treatment failure, 2.5% recurrent infection, 4.1% death, 6.8% loss to follow-up) over a median 12-month follow-up period. Age, male sex, low education, nutritional status, and alcohol use were predictors of unfavorable outcomes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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