Risk factors for mortality in TB patients: a 10-year electronic record review in a South African province

• Main Authors: J Christo Heunis (Author), N Gladys Kigozi (Author), Perpetual Chikobvu (Author), Sonja Botha (Author), HCJ Dingie van Rensburg (Author)
• Formato: Livro
• Publicado em: BMC, 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Assuntos: article
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Abstract Background Since 1990, reduction of tuberculosis (TB) mortality has been lower in South Africa than in other high-burden countries in Africa. This research investigated the influence of routinely captured demographic and clinical or programme variables on death in TB patients in the Free St...