A predictive score for early in-patient tuberculosis mortality: A case-control study.

Introduction: In-hospital mortality rates for tuberculosis (TB) patients are high within the first seven days of admission. This study sought to identify predictors of early inpatient mortality and assess the performance of a predictive score for early mortality in a Ugandan tertiary hospital.

Materials And Methods: A case-control study was conducted at Kiruddu National Referral Hospital in Kampala, Uganda.

Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection and cytogenetic abnormalities among people with HIV.

Objective: To compare cytogenetic abnormalities among people living with HIV (PLWH) with and without previous exposure to Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) (both latent tuberculosis infection [LTBI] and active tuberculosis [TB]).

Methods: Adult PLWH (≥18 years) were randomly selected at three HIV clinics in Uganda. Previous active TB was confirmed in the clinics' TB records.

Roles and challenges of nurses in tuberculosis care in Africa: A narrative review.

Nurses form the bulk of the health care workforce in Africa although their roles and challenges in tuberculosis (TB) care are not well documented. In this article we discuss roles and challenges of nurses in TB care in Africa. Nurses in Africa are key in TB prevention, diagnosis, treatment initiation, treatment monitoring, and evaluation and documentation of TB treatment outcomes.