Relationship between multimorbidity and the outcome of the treatment for pulmonary tuberculosis.

Objective: To analyze the influence of multimorbidity on the treatment outcome of new cases of pulmonary tuberculosis.

Method: A population-based analytical study, using secondary data, collected from the database of the Notification Disease Information System, of new cases of pulmonary tuberculosis in the state of Rio Grande do Sul between 2013 and 2016. The relationship between multimorbidity and the outcome was analyzed with Multinomial Logistic Regression.