Survival time among patients who were diagnosed with tuberculosis, the precocious deaths and associated factors in southern Brazil

• Published in: Tropical Medicine and Health
• Main Authors: Danielle Talita dos Santos, Luiz Henrique Arroyo, Yan Mathias Alves, Luana Seles Alves, Thais Zamboni Berra, Juliane de Almeida Crispim, Josilene Dália Alves, Denisse Andrea Cartagena Ramos, Jonas Bodini Alonso, Ivaneliza Simionato de Assis, Antônio Vieira Ramos, Elma Mathias Dessunti, Ione Carvalho Pinto, Pedro Fredemir Palha, Ricardo Alexandre Arcêncio, Carla Nunes
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: BMC 2021
• Subjects: Survival analysis; Tuberculosis; HIV; Mortality; Risk factors; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Arctic; Meier
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1186/s41182-021-00320-4; https://doaj.org/article/2d4c32e6d0c14756ac2680537630287b

Abstract Background A diagnosis of tuberculosis (TB) does not mean that the disease will be treated successfully, since death may occur even among those who are known to the health services. Here, we aimed to analyze patient survival time from the diagnosis of TB to death, precocious deaths, and ass...