Epidemiology and treatment outcomes of recurrent tuberculosis in Tanzania from 2018 to 2021 using the National TB dataset.

• Main Authors: Belinda J Njiro (Author), Riziki Kisonga (Author), Catherine Joachim (Author), Galus Alfredy Sililo (Author), Emmanuel Nkiligi (Author), Latifat Ibisomi (Author), Tobias Chirwa (Author), Joel Msafiri Francis (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2024-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<h4>Background</h4>Patients with recurrent TB have an increased risk of higher mortality, lower success rate, and a relatively feeble likelihood of treatment completion than those with new-onset TB. This study aimed to assess the epidemiology of recurrent TB in Tanzania; specifically, we...