Mortality during tuberculosis treatment in South Africa using an 8-year analysis of the national tuberculosis treatment register

Mortality during tuberculosis treatment in South Africa using an 8-year analysis of the national tuberculosis treatment register

Abstract In 2011, the South African HIV treatment eligibility criteria were expanded to allow all tuberculosis (TB) patients lifelong ART. The impact of this change on TB mortality in South Africa is not known. We evaluated mortality in all adults (≥ 15 years old) treated for drug-susceptible TB in...

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Main Authors: Muhammad Osman, Cari van Schalkwyk, Pren Naidoo, James A. Seddon, Rory Dunbar, Sicelo S. Dlamini, Alex Welte, Anneke C. Hesseling, Mareli M. Claassens
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-08-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-95331-w

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