Comparison of profile and treatment outcomes between elderly and non-elderly tuberculosis patients in Puducherry and Tamil Nadu, South India.

ABSTRACT: The rising geriatric population and the increased susceptibility of this age group to tuberculosis (TB), the deadliest single infectious agent, is bothersome for India. This study tried to explore the demographic and treatment outcome differences between the elderly (aged 60 years and above) and non-elderly TB (<60 years) patients from South India. This study was part of a large ongoing cohort study under the RePORT India consortium. Newly diagnosed TB patients recruited into the cohort between 2014 and 2018 were included in this study. Pretested and standardized questionnaire and tools were used to collect data and were stored securely for the entire cohort. Required demographic, anthropometric and treatment related variables were extracted from this database and analyzed using Stata vers

SUBMITTER: Murali S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8396735 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature