Prevalence and factors associated with sputum smear non-conversion after two months of tuberculosis treatment among smear-positive pulmonary tuberculosis patients in Rwanda: a cross-sectional study

BACKGROUND: Non-conversion of sputum smear prolongs the infectivity of pulmonary tuberculosis patients and has been associated with unfavorable tuberculosis (TB) treatment outcomes. Nevertheless, there is a limited evidence on predictors of sputum smear non-conversion among smear-positive PTB (SPPTB...

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Autores principales: Gatete, Gaetan, Njunwa, Kato J, Migambi, Patrick, Ntaganira, Joseph, Ndagijimana, Albert
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2023
Materias:
Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10267548/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37322426
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-023-08395-6

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10267548/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37322426
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-023-08395-6

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