Mortality among patients with tuberculosis requiring intensive care: a retrospective cohort study.

Background: To describe the characteristics of patients with tuberculosis (TB) requiring intensive care and to identify the factors that predicts in-hospital mortality in a city of a developing country with intermediate-to-high TB endemicity.

Methods: We conducted a retrospective, cohort study, between November 2005 and November 2007. The patients with TB requiring intensive care were included.