Complete sputum smear monitoring among adults with pulmonary tuberculosis in central Uganda: evidence from a retrospective cohort study

Abstract Background People with bacteriologically confirmed pulmonary tuberculosis require sputum smear monitoring at 2, 5, and 6 months to establish treatment outcomes. However, there is limited information about sputum smear monitoring in Uganda, similar to other developing countries. We examined...

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Main Authors: Ronald Nsubuga, Norbert Adrawa, Stephen Okoboi, Alimah Komuhangi, Jonathan Izudi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2022-02-01
Series:BMC Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-022-07178-9