[Factors associated with unsuccessful treatment of patients with drug-sensitive tuberculosis in Paraguay].

Conclusion: Paraguay has a high percentage of unsuccessful treatment in almost the entire country, without reaching the target proposed by the World Health Organization. Associated risk factors such as HIV, consumption of legal and illicit drugs, and being indigenous highlight the need to revise the treatment strategies with an inter-institutional approach. PMID: 32818034 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Pan American Journal of Public Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Rev Panam Salud Publica Source Type: research