Effect of smoking on drug-resistant tuberculosis treatment outcomes and potential mechanistic pathways: a multicountry cohort study
Matthew L Romo, Allison LaHood, Helen R Stagg, Carole D Mitnick, Letizia Trevisi, Cathy Hewison, Shrivani Padayachee, Edwin Herrera Flores, Lawrence Oyewusi, Palwasha Y Khan, Helena Huerga, Mathieu Bastard, Michael L Rich, Girum Bayissa Tefera, Mahmud Rashitov, Ohanna Kirakosyan, Aga Krisnanda, Atyr · 2025
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Matthew Romo and co-authors study smoking and drug-proof tuberculosis care in a 2025 paper that spans twelve lands. Smokers fare worse in such care than those who do not smoke, but the paths that drive the gap are not clear.
Near eighteen hundred patients took part, and three in ten smoked at least one cigarette a day. Smokers more often came from post-Soviet lands and bore hard pasts and other ills. At the end of care, smokers had won through less often than the rest, by a clear mark. With base facts weighed the gap held in size but grew less sure. When the team faked a world where no one dropped out of care, the gap shrank by much. Staying in care looks like the main path.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Matthew L Romo, Allison LaHood, Helen R Stagg, Carole D Mitnick, Letizia Trevisi, Cathy Hewison, Shrivani Padayachee, Edwin Herrera Flores, Lawrence Oyewusi, Palwasha Y Khan, Helena Huerga, Mathieu Bastard, Michael L Rich, Girum Bayissa Tefera, Mahmud Rashitov, Ohanna Kirakosyan, Aga Krisnanda, Atyr |
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| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 39 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |