Morbidity and mortality up to 5 years post tuberculosis treatment in South Africa: A pilot study | Zendy

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Morbidity and mortality up to 5 years post tuberculosis treatment in South Africa: A pilot study

Author(s) -

Muhammad Osman,

Alex Welte,

Rory Dunbar,

Rosemary Brown,

Graeme Hoddinott,

Anneke C. Hesseling,

Florian M. Marx

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

international journal of infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.278

H-Index - 89

eISSN - 1878-3511

pISSN - 1201-9712

DOI - 10.1016/j.ijid.2019.05.024

Subject(s) - tuberculosis , medicine , tb treatment , demography , geography , sociology , pathology

A high risk of tuberculosis (TB), chronic lung disease, and mortality have been reported among people with a history of previous TB treatment, but data from high-incidence settings remain limited. The aim of this study was to characterize general morbidity and mortality among adults who had successfully completed TB treatment in the past 5 years in a high-incidence setting in South Africa.

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