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Characteristics and treatment outcomes of tuberculosis retreatment cases in three regional hospitals, Uganda.
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- Treatment success rate among adult pulmonary tuberculosis patients in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMJ open · 2019Pooled it
- A systematic review of clinical outcomes on the WHO Category II retreatment regimen for tuberculosis.The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease · 2018Pooled it
- Epidemiology and treatment outcomes of recurrent tuberculosis in Tanzania from 2018 to 2021 using the National TB dataset.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2024Article
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- Surveillance for multi-drug and rifampicin resistant tuberculosis and treatment outcomes among previously treated persons with tuberculosis in the era of GeneXpert in rural eastern Uganda.Journal of clinical tuberculosis and other mycobacterial diseases · 2020Article
- High mortality during tuberculosis retreatment at a Ghanaian tertiary center: a retrospective cohort study.The Pan African medical journal · 2019Article
- Treatment Outcomes of Tuberculosis Retreatment Case and Its Determinants in West Ethiopia.The open respiratory medicine journal · 2019Article
- Tuberculosis retreatment outcomes and associated factors: a mixed-methods study from Puducherry, India.Public health action · 2018Article
- A cross-sectional study of tuberculosis drug resistance among previously treated patients in a tertiary hospital in Accra, Ghana: public health implications of standardized regimens.BMC infectious diseases · 2018Article
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- Tuberculosis retreatment 'others' in comparison with classical retreatment cases; a retrospective cohort review.BMC public health · 2015Article
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Abstract
settingThree regional referral hospitals in Uganda with a high burden of tuberculosis (TB) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) cases.
objectiveTo determine the treatment outcomes of TB retreatment cases and factors influencing these outcomes.
designA retrospective cohort study of routinely collected National Tuberculosis Programme data between 1 January 2009 and 31 December 2010.
resultsThe study included 331 retreatment patients (68% males), with a median age of 36 years, 93 (28%) of whom were relapse smear-positive, 21 (6%) treatment after failure, 159 (48%) return after loss to follow-up, 26 (8%) relapse smear-negative and 32 (10%) relapse cases with no smear performed. Treatment success rates for all categories of retreatment cases ranged between 28% and 54%. Relapse smear-positive (P = 0.002) and treatment after failure (P = 0.038) cases were less likely to have a successful treatment outcome. Only 32% of the retreatment cases received a Category II treatment regimen; there was no difference in treatment success among patients who received Category II or Category I treatment regimens (P = 0.73).
conclusionManagement of TB retreatment cases and treatment success for all categories in three referral hospitals in Uganda was poor. Relapse smear-positive or treatment after failure cases were less likely to have a successful treatment outcome.
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