Factors associated with treatment failure, dropout, and death in a cohort of tuberculosis patients in Recife, Pernambuco State, Brazil.

Albuquerque Mde F, de; RA, Ximenes; N, Lucena-Silva; Souza WV, de; AT, Dantas; OM, Dantas; LC, Rodrigues

doi:10.1590/s0102-311x2007000700008

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Factors associated with treatment failure, dropout, and death in a cohort of tuberculosis patients in Recife, Pernambuco State, Brazil.

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de Albuquerque Mde F

Ximenes RA

Lucena-Silva N

Abstract

A cohort of cases initiating tuberculosis treatment from May 2001 to July 2003 was followed in Recife, Pernambuco State, Brazil, to investigate biological, clinical, social, lifestyle, and healthcare access factors associated with three negative tuberculosis treatment outcomes (treatment failure, dr...

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