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Adherence to Childhood Tuberculosis Treatment in Mozambique

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BACKGROUND: There is limited literature regarding adherence
                rates for the treatment of tuberculosis (TB) in children. We
                aimed to describe TB treatment outcomes and adherence as well as
                to evaluate associated factors to poor adherence in Mozambican
                children. METHODS: This is a sub-study of a community TB
                incidence study among children <3 years of age. Incomplete
                adherence included the sum of lost-to-follow-up cases plus those
                with a delay of > 3 weeks to treatment completion. RESULTS:
                Fifty TB treatments were assessed. Forty-four (88.0%) patients
                completed treatment, two (4.0%) died during treatment and four
                (8.0%) were lost to follow-up. Incomplete adherence was observed
                in 31.3% (15 of 48) of cases and was associated with
                malnutrition or history of a migrant mother. CONCLUSION:
                Although treatment outcome is overall good, there is still a
                significant proportion of incomplete adherence. Further larger
                paediatric TB cohorts and qualitative approaches are needed to
                assess and confirm potential factors for non-adherence.

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Versió postprint del document publicat a:
                http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/tropej/fmw048

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Articles publicats en revistes (ISGlobal)

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Adherence to Childhood Tuberculosis Treatment in Mozambique