Factors associated with treatment failure, dropout, and death in a cohort of tuberculosis patients in Recife, Pernambuco State, Brazil Fatores associados com falência terapêutica, abandono e óbito em uma coorte de pacientes com tuberculose acompanhados no Recife, Pernambuco, Brasil

Factors associated with treatment failure, dropout, and death in a cohort of tuberculosis patients in Recife, Pernambuco State, Brazil Fatores associados com falência terapêutica, abandono e óbito em uma coorte de pacientes com tuberculose acompanhados no Recife, Pernambuco, Brasil

A cohort of cases initiating tuberculosis treatment from May 2001 to July 2003 was followed in Recife, Pernambuco State, Brazil, to investigate biological, clinical, social, lifestyle, and healthcare access factors associated with three negative tuberculosis treatment outcomes (treatment failure, dr...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Maria de Fátima Pessoa Militão de Albuquerque, Ricardo Arraes de Alencar Ximenes, Norma Lucena-Silva, Wayner Vieira de Souza, Andréa Tavares Dantas, Odimariles Maria Souza Dantas, Laura Cunha Rodrigues
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz 2007-07-01
Series:Cadernos de Saúde Pública
Subjects:
Tuberculose
Fatores de Risco
Falha de Tratamento
Tuberculosis
Risk Factors
Treatment Failure
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-311X2007000700008

Similar Items

Similar Items