The treatment success rate and associated factors among pulmonary bacteriologically confirmed and pulmonary clinically diagnosed drug susceptible TB coinfected with HIV in Teso Sub-Region, North-Eastern Uganda 2020–2021. a retrospective study
Receiving treatment in a specialized HIV clinic, having New and relapsed TB, and having a suppressed viral load were associated with a successful treatment rate. There is a need to scale up integrated TB/HIV differentiated services, ensure Viral load suppression through adherence support for the TB/HIV coinfected clients, and increase Tb awareness to achieve the end TB Strategy by 2030.
Authors
- Abraham Ignatius Oluka (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1579-4769)
- Ronald Opito (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6183-6851)
- Peter Sekiranda
- Yunus Miya
- Baker Bakashaba
- Mugisha Kenneth
- Bonniface Oryokot (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3702-1537)
- Saadick Mugerwa Ssentongo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-6270-4953)
- Susan Alwedo
- Onega Lilian
- Gerald Ochieng
- Kenneth Kwenya
Institutions
- The AIDS Support Organization (UG)
- AIDS Information Centre (UG)
- Soroti University (UG)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Infectious Diseases
- Published
- 2025-10-08
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-025-11618-7
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.40