Effect of smoking on treatment outcome among tuberculosis patients in Malaysia; a multicenter study

• Main Authors: Amer Hayat Khan (Author), Syed Azhar Syed Sulaiman (Author), Mohamed Azmi Hassali (Author), Kashif Ullah Khan (Author), Long Chiau Ming (Author), Omer Mateen (Author), Malik Obaid Ullah (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2020-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Smoking plays a key role in the development of tuberculosis (TB) infection and is also a predictor of poor TB treatment prognosis and outcomes. The current study was conducted to determine the prevalence of smoking and to assess the effects of smoking on treatment outcomes among...