The impact of rural residence and HIV infection on poor tuberculosis treatment outcomes in a large urban hospital: a retrospective cohort analysis

• Main Authors: Aishatu Lawal Adamu (Author), Muktar H. Aliyu (Author), Najiba Aliyu Galadanci (Author), Baba Maiyaki Musa (Author), Umar Muhammad Lawan (Author), Usman Bashir (Author), Ibrahim Abubakar (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Successful tuberculosis (TB) treatment is essential to effective TB control. TB-HIV coinfection, social determinants and access to services influenced by rural residence can affect treatment outcome. We examined the separate and joint effects of rural residence and HIV infection...