Magnitude of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, drug resistance and associated factors among presumptive tuberculosis patients at St. Paul's Hospital Millennium Medical College, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. tuberculosis) remains one of the most significant causes of death and a major public health problem in the community. As a result, the aim of this study was to determine magnitude of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, its drug resistance, and associated factors among presumptive tuberculosis (TB) patients at St. Paul's Hospital Millennium Medical College, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Methods

Cross-sectional study was conducted at St. Paul's Hospital Millennium Medical College (SPHMMC), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from January to July 2019. Demographic and clinical data were collected by structured questionnaire through face to face interview. Using microscopic examination and GeneXpert MTB/RIF assay and culturing in the Lowenstein-Jensen (LJ) culture m

SUBMITTER: Kassa M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9342779 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature