Risk factors for treatment failure in multidrug resistant tuberculosis in Tunisia: An analytic study.

Introduction-aim: The emergence of multidrug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) is a threat to global public health. The aim of our study was to determine risk factors for treatment failure in MDR-TB.

Methods: Retrospective study conducted between January 2000 and March 2019 including patients with MDR-TB.

Does incarceration change the profile of pulmonary tuberculosis in Tunisia?

Introduction: Tuberculosis of the prisoner remains unknown in Tunisia. The aim of our study was to establish the clinical, radiological, bacteriological and prognostic features of pulmonary tuberculosis in patients with a history of incarceration.

Methods: Case-control study conducted between 2010 and 2016 in two pulmonology departments of Abderrahmane Mami Hospital.