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Tertiary-care management of TB/HIV co-infection in Port Harcourt, Nigeria: A retrospective cohort analysis

BACKGROUND: Monitoring the treatment of tuberculosis(TB) and human immunodeficiency virus(HIV) co-infection is very important to improve patient management and compliance; however, treatment outcome monitoring remains inadequate in Nigeria. This study assessed the treatment outcomes of registered TB/HIV co-infected patients enrolled in the Directly Observed Treatment Short course(DOTS) program. METHODS: A retrospective study was conducted in a tertiary-care hospital in Port Harcourt, Nigeria from January 1, 2014 to December 31, 2019. Data were extracted from the National TB program register an…

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