Predictors of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in a teaching hospital in Ghana: A case-control study

• Philomina Afful ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Philomina Afful, Fortress Yayra Aku

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

  Affiliations Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Fred N. Binka School of Public Health, University of Health and Allied Sciences, Hohoe Campus, Hohoe, Ghana, Public Health Unit, Cape Coast Teaching Hospital, Cape Coast, Ghana

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• Godwin Adjei Vechey ,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ GAV and FBG also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Fred N. Binka School of Public Health, University of Health and Allied Sciences, Hohoe Campus, Hohoe, Ghana

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• Peter Kipo Leta,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Nkoranza South Municipal Health Directorate, Bono East Region, Nkoranza, Ghana

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• Foster Bediako Gbafu ,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ GAV and FBG also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Malaria Research Centre, Agogo, Ashanti Region, Ghana

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• Fortress Yayra Aku

  Contributed equally to this work with: Philomina Afful, Fortress Yayra Aku

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

  * E-mail: yfortress@uhas.edu.gh

  Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Fred N. Binka School of Public Health, University of Health and Allied Sciences, Hohoe Campus, Hohoe, Ghana

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9004-348X

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