Document Type
Report
Department
Community Health Sciences
Abstract
Predictors of smear non-conversion at baseline can help identify cases at risk for failure of tuberculosis treatment. Retrospective data for smear-positive Category 1 patients in Karachi, Pakistan, was analyzed. Predictors of sputum conversion were determined using multiple logistic regression with sputum conversion as outcome variable and patient demographics, baseline weight, baseline sputum smear grade, case-finding approach as explanatory variables. Age ≥35 years, baseline sputum grade of 3+ were significantly associated with predicting sputum smear positivity at month 2 of treatment. Monitoring compliance to TB treatment should be considered amongst older patients and those with a high sputum grade at baseline.
Publication (Name of Journal)
Journal of Infection and Public Health
Recommended Citation
D'Souza, K. A.,
Zaidi, S. A.,
Jaswal, M.,
Butt, S.,
Khowaja, S.,
Habib, S. S.,
Malik, A. A.
(2018). Factors associated with month 2 smear non-conversion among category 1 tuberculosis patients in Karachi, Pakistan. Journal of Infection and Public Health, 11(2), 283-285.
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