introduction. tb is one of the oldest known diseases in history that has been reappeared as a severe problem for public health and suggest whether the students of medicine in their clinical training period face the patients with tb to the extent that helps them to diagnose and cure these patients in future. methods. this study was descriptive, retrospective, and cross-sectional that carried out...

background: tuberculosis (tb) is currently one of the greatest problems in public health. mycobacterium tuberculosis infects about one third of the world's population, of whom more than 80% are living in developing countries. the incidence and prevalence of tb are very different in various parts of iran and also throughout the world. golestan province is one of the areas in the country where th...

SETTING Public sector facilities in Malawi providing antiretroviral therapy (ART) to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) positive patients, including those with tuberculosis (TB). OBJECTIVES To compare 6-month and 12-month cohort treatment outcomes of HIV-positive TB patients and HIV-positive non-TB patients treated with ART. DESIGN Retrospective data collection using ART patient master card...

Rifampicin-Resistant/Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis (RR/MDR-TB) is recognized as a major public health concern globally. In Armenia, the proportion of RR/MDR-TB increasing among all people affected with TB. We conducted nationwide cohort study involving analysis programmatic data to investigate rates and factors associated unfavourable treatment outcomes patients registered by national TB pro...

background: tuberculosis (tb) is still a major cause of morbidity and mortality in both developed and developing countries. delay in accessing tuberculosis care is associated with the highest densities of mycobacterium tuberculosis (m. tuberculosis) bacilli on sputum smears. objectives: the current study aimed to determine the extent of delay, and the major health system contributing factors to...

BACKGROUND Treating patients with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) strains is more complicated, complex, toxic, expensive, than treating patients with susceptible TB strains. This study aims to compare the treatment outcomes and potential factors associated between patients with MDR-TB and non MDR TB infections in peninsular Malaysia. METHODS This study was a retrospective cohort stu...