The Pan African Medical Journal (Aug 2018)

Factors associated with tuberculosis treatment failure in the Central East Health region of Burkina Faso

  • Adama Diallo,
  • Désiré Lucien Dahourou,
  • Ter Tiero Elias Dah,
  • Souleymane Tassembedo,
  • Romial Sawadogo,
  • Nicolas Meda

DOI
https://doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2018.30.293.15074
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 30, no. 293

Abstract

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INTRODUCTION: Tuberculosis treatment failure results in increased risk of morbidity, drug resistance, transmission and mortality. There are few data about tuberculosis treatment outcomes in Burkina Faso. The current study investigated the factors associated with tuberculosis treatment failure in the central east health region of Burkina Faso.

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