Determinants of sputum culture conversion time in multidrug-resistant tuberculosis patients in ALERT comprehensive specialized hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: A retrospective cohort study

• Muluye Abebe ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Muluye Abebe, Abay Atnafu, Melaku Tilahun

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

  Affiliations School of Public Health, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China, Armauer Hansen Research Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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• Abay Atnafu ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Muluye Abebe, Abay Atnafu, Melaku Tilahun

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

  * E-mail: ayatab.ayele7@gmail.com

  Affiliation Armauer Hansen Research Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7594-4004

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• Melaku Tilahun ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Muluye Abebe, Abay Atnafu, Melaku Tilahun

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

  Affiliation Armauer Hansen Research Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3101-3926

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• Nejmia Sero,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Supervision

  Affiliation All Africa Leprosy, Tuberculosis and Rehabilitation Training Center (ALERT) Specialized Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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• Sebisib Neway,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology, Resources

  Affiliation Armauer Hansen Research Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2033-5874

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• Mekdes Alemu,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Resources

  Affiliation Armauer Hansen Research Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5860-7070

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• Getachew Tesfaye,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Armauer Hansen Research Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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• Adane Mihret,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Armauer Hansen Research Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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• Kidist Bobosha,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Armauer Hansen Research Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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• Chengsong Wan

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

  Affiliation School of Public Health, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China

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