W E Isaac, I Jalo, G Yohanna, A Rasaki, K Ebisike, A Girbo, L Olatoke, P M Raymond, A Iliya, V Ndubusi, Y Rabo, G E Daniel, D Apollos, B Bakura, O Maryam, A Bello, Z Joel, H Tukur, H Abdulkarim, O A Adeniran, S Abdulrahman, T Meller, A Adamu, B A Ibrahim
INTRODUCTION: Tuberculosis (TB) was the leading cause of death from an infectious agent worldwide, until the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, ranking above HIV/AIDS. Nigeria ranks 6th among the 30 TB high-burden countries (TB, TB/HIV, DRTB) and 1st in Africa. The estimated case fatality rate (CFR) of TB in Sub-Sahara Africa (SSA) is 15%. OBJECTIVE: To review the Tuberculosis case fatality rate (TCFR) in children diagnosed with TB from 2000-2019 in Federal Teaching Hospital Gombe...
November 10, 2023: West African Journal of Medicine