Predictors of loss to follow-up among adult tuberculosis patients in Southern Ethiopia: a retrospective follow-up study

• Những tác giả chính: Desta Watumo (Tác giả), Melkamu Merid Mengesha (Tác giả), Tesfaye Gobena (Tác giả), Mathewos Alemu Gebremichael (Tác giả), Degu Jerene (Tác giả)
• Định dạng: Sách
• Được phát hành: BMC, 2022-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Những chủ đề: article
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Abstract Background Loss to follow-up (LTFU) from tuberculosis (TB) treatment and care is a major public health problem as patients can be infectious and also may develop a multi-drug resistant TB (MDR-TB). The study aimed to assess whether LTFU differs by the distance TB patients travelled to recei...