Factors associated with death during tuberculosis treatment of patients co-infected with HIV at the Yaounde Central Hospital, Cameroon: an 8-year hospital-based retrospective cohort study (2006-2013).

ABSTRACT:

Background

Contributors to fatal outcomes in TB/HIV co-infected patients actively undergoing TB treatment are poorly characterized. The aim was to assess factors associated with death in TB/HIV co-infected patients during the initial 6 months of TB treatment.

Methods

We conducted a hospital-based retrospective cohort study from January 2006 to December 2013 at the Yaoundé Central Hospital, Cameroon. We reviewed medical records to identify hospitalized co-infected TB/HIV patients aged 15 years and older. Death was defined as any death occurring during TB treatment, as per the World Health Organization's recommendations. We conducted logistic regression analysis to identify factors associated with a fatal outcome. Magnitudes of associations were expressed by adjusted odds rati

SUBMITTER: Agbor AA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4266669 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature