Mortality rate and associated factors among patients co-infected with drug resistant tuberculosis/HIV at Mulago National Referral Hospital, Uganda, a retrospective cohort study.

• Main Authors: Joan Rokani Bayowa (Author), Joan N Kalyango (Author), Joseph Baruch Baluku (Author), Richard Katuramu (Author), Emmanuel Ssendikwanawa (Author), Jane Frances Zalwango (Author), Rebecca Akunzirwe (Author), Stella Maris Nanyonga (Author), Judith Ssemasazi Amutuhaire (Author), Ronald Kivumbi Muganga (Author), Adolphus Cherop (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2023-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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Drug resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB)/HIV co-infection remains a growing threat to public health and threatens global TB and HIV prevention and care programs. HIV is likely to worsen the outcomes of DR-TB and DR-TB is likely to worsen the outcomes of HIV despite the scale up of TB and HIV services and...