Prevalence and associated factors of delayed sputum smear conversion in patients treated for smear positive pulmonary tuberculosis: A retrospective follow up study in Sabah, Malaysia

• Linghui Amanda Khor ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Linghui Amanda Khor, Ulfa Nur Izzati A. Wahid, Lee Lee Ling, Sarah Michael S. Liansim, Jush’n Oon, Mahendran Naidu Balakrishnan

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

  Affiliation Luyang Health Clinic, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia

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• Ulfa Nur Izzati A. Wahid ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Linghui Amanda Khor, Ulfa Nur Izzati A. Wahid, Lee Lee Ling, Sarah Michael S. Liansim, Jush’n Oon, Mahendran Naidu Balakrishnan

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

  Affiliation Luyang Health Clinic, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia

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• Lee Lee Ling ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Linghui Amanda Khor, Ulfa Nur Izzati A. Wahid, Lee Lee Ling, Sarah Michael S. Liansim, Jush’n Oon, Mahendran Naidu Balakrishnan

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

  Affiliation Tamparuli Health Clinic, Tuaran, Sabah, Malaysia

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• Sarah Michael S. Liansim ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Linghui Amanda Khor, Ulfa Nur Izzati A. Wahid, Lee Lee Ling, Sarah Michael S. Liansim, Jush’n Oon, Mahendran Naidu Balakrishnan

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

  Affiliation Penampang Health Clinic, Penampang, Sabah, Malaysia

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• Jush’n Oon ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Linghui Amanda Khor, Ulfa Nur Izzati A. Wahid, Lee Lee Ling, Sarah Michael S. Liansim, Jush’n Oon, Mahendran Naidu Balakrishnan

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

  Affiliation Penampang Health Clinic, Penampang, Sabah, Malaysia

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• Mahendran Naidu Balakrishnan ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Linghui Amanda Khor, Ulfa Nur Izzati A. Wahid, Lee Lee Ling, Sarah Michael S. Liansim, Jush’n Oon, Mahendran Naidu Balakrishnan

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

  Affiliation Permai Polyclinic Sri Kepayan, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia

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• Wei Leik Ng ,

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

  * E-mail: wlng@ummc.edu.my (WLN); cheaitheng@upm.edu.my (ATC)

  Affiliation Department of Primary Care Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3074-9114

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• Ai Theng Cheong

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Software, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: wlng@ummc.edu.my (WLN); cheaitheng@upm.edu.my (ATC)

  Affiliation Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia

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