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Research Article: Tuberculosis Treatment Outcome and Associated Factors Among Tuberculosis Patients Linked to Tuberculosis Treatment Clinics in Ethiopia, : A Multi-Center Retrospective Study

Date Published: 2023-05-30

Abstract:
Tuberculosis (TB) is a communicable disease, mainly caused by the bacillus Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB). Globally, TB is the ninth leading cause of death, with developing countries bearing most of the burden., The bacterium is mostly transmitted by inhaling droplet aerosols from lungs with active lung disease. It usually affects the pulmonary system (pulmonary TB (PTB)) and occasionally any other anatomic sites (extra- PTB(ETB)). People infected with MTB may not develop symptoms of TB (latent TB); nonetheless, infected individuals have a –% lifetime risk of becoming sick within – years of getting the infection. However, contributing factors such as Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), Diabetes Mellitus, malnutrition, and smoking, as well as older adults and children, increase the development of TB infection.– The discovery of chemotherapy lead to significant improvements in patient survival. Until the introduction of chemotherapy, –% of TB patients died within a year, and –% died within – years of acquiring TB infection. Chemotherapy resulted in a cure and a reduction in mortality for the vast majority of TB cases. However, drug resistance and poor adherence were reported shortly after the introduction of therapy.

Introduction:
Tuberculosis (TB) is a communicable disease, mainly caused by the bacillus Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB). Globally, TB is the ninth leading cause of death, with developing countries bearing most of the burden. , The bacterium is mostly transmitted by inhaling droplet aerosols from lungs with active lung disease. It usually affects the pulmonary system (pulmonary TB (PTB)) and occasionally any other anatomic sites (extra- PTB(ETB)). People infected with MTB may not develop symptoms of TB (latent TB);…

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