Background: Drug-resistant tuberculosis continues to be a global public health threat. Ethiopia is one of the high-burden countries for tuberculosis and multi-drug resistant tuberculosis. The estimated annual incidents of tuberculosis were 119 per 100,000 populations in 2021 and the prevalence of multi-drug resistance tuberculosis is about 0.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Most gastric cancers in the world are attributed to () infections. The prevalence of infection is influenced by socioeconomic status, hygiene, and lifestyle of the population. This study aimed to assess sero- and feco-prevalence of infections and its associated risk factors among adult dyspeptic patients visiting the outpatient department of Adet Primary Hospital, Yilmana Densa District, northwest Ethiopia.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIn low-income countries, the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) is most frequently achieved using Ziehl Neelsen (ZN) microscopy rather than the GeneXpert system. The performance of the former has not been evaluated against the latter in Ethiopia. A total of 180 PTB-suspected patients were enrolled in our study.
View Article and Find Full Text PDF