Tuberculosis treatment outcome and its associated factors among people living with HIV and AIDS in Fako Division of Cameroon.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Tuberculosis (TB) and HIV co-infection challenges treatment and worsens the outcome of TB treatment. This study aimed to assess the outcome of TB treatment and factors facilitating treatment success among people living with HIV/AIDS in Fako Division of the South West Region of Cameroon.

Methods

A hospital-based retrospective cohort study was conducted by manually reviewing medical records of HIV/TB co-infected patients from January 2010 to September 2017. A structured data collection form was used to review the medical records of HIV patients co-infected with TB aged 10 years and older. Patients with incomplete files were dropped from the study. Treatment success was defined as the sum of patients who were declared cured and those who had completed treatment, as p

SUBMITTER: Tanue EA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6667204 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature