Open AccessPost-treatment Mortality Among Patients With Tuberculosis: A Prospective Cohort Study of 10 964 Patients in Vietnam
Author(s) -
Greg J. Fox,
V.N. Nguyen,
Nho-Thai Dinh,
Le Phuong Hoa Nghiem,
Thi Ngoc Anh Le,
Thu Anh Nguyen,
Hoa Binh Nguyen,
Nguyễn Đức Huy,
N B Tran,
Thi Nguyen,
Thi Nhung Le,
Việt Hùng Nguyễn,
Thi-Thu-Hien Phan,
Kim Cuong Nguyen,
Joy Ho,
Duc Cuong Pham,
Warwick J. Britton,
Jessica Bestrashniy,
Guy B. Marks
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
clinical infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1537-6591
pISSN - 1058-4838
DOI - 10.1093/cid/ciy665
Subject(s) - medicine , tuberculosis , population , cause of death , prospective cohort study , mortality rate , cohort , regimen , cohort study , confidence interval , surgery , pediatrics , disease , environmental health , pathology
Tuberculosis is the leading infectious cause of death. Steep reductions in tuberculosis-related mortality are required to realize the World Health Organization's "End Tuberculosis Strategy." However, accurate mortality estimates are lacking in many countries, particularly following discharge from care. This study aimed to establish the mortality rate among patients with pulmonary tuberculosis in Vietnam and to quantify the excess mortality in this population.
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