Treatment outcomes of multi-drug-resistant and rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis with and without isolation of nontuberculous mycobacteria between 2018–2021: A retrospective cohort study in Ghana

• Elizabeth Tabitha Abbew ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Software, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: e.abbew@ccth.gov.gh

  Affiliations Department of Clinical Sciences, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium, Department of Internal Medicine, Cape Coast Teaching Hospital, Cape Coast, Ghana, Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Antwerp, Belgium

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3296-1266

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• Roger Laryea,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Eastern Regional Hospital, Koforidua, Ghana

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• Ama Owusuaa Kwakye,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Cape Coast Teaching Hospital, Cape Coast, Ghana

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• Yaw Adusi Poku,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation National Tuberculosis Control Programme, Accra, Ghana

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• Dorcas Obiri-Yeboah,

  Roles Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medical Sciences, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana

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• Lutgarde Lynen,

  Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Sciences, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium

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• Tom Decroo,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Sciences, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium

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• Leen Rigouts,

  Roles Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Clinical Sciences, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium, Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Antwerp, Belgium, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium

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• Natalie Lorent

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Respiratory Diseases, University Hospital Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, Department of Chronic Diseases, Metabolism and Aging, BREATHE Laboratory, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

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