Clinical response of tuberculosis patients, a prospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT: Clinical response means a response to drug intake that can be detected and appreciated by a change in signs and symptoms. The objectives of this study were to assess time to clinical response, the incidence density for clinical response and determinants of clinical response of tuberculosis (TB) patients in the intensive phases of TB treatment. Prospective cohort study design was implemented. The target population for this study was all patients following the directly observed therapy. Baseline data has been collected during the start of the directly observed TB treatment strategy. We have been collected updated data after the seven days of the baseline data collection, then after every seven days updated data has been collected from each pulmonary and extra pulmonary TB patients. Kaplan Me

SUBMITTER: Feleke BE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5749762 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature