Risk factors that may be driving the emergence of drug resistance in tuberculosis patients treated in Yangon, Myanmar.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The majority of new tuberculosis cases emerging every year occur in low and middle-income countries where public health systems are often characterised by weak infrastructure and inadequate resources. This study investigates healthcare seeking behaviour, knowledge and treatment of tuberculosis patients in Myanmar-which is facing an acute drug-resistant tuberculosis epidemic-and identifies factors that may increase the risk of emergence of drug-resistant tuberculosis.

Methods

We randomly selected adult smear-positive pulmonary tuberculosis patients diagnosed between September 2014 and March 2015 at ten public township health centres in Yangon, the largest city in Myanmar. Data on patients' healthcare seeking behaviour, treatment at the township health centres, co-m

SUBMITTER: Khan MS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5470668 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature