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1.6 %1.6% of tuberculosis patients experienced treatment failure.

Gabontuberculoseobserved 2022 to 2023published 2025IJID regionsPubMeddocument of 9 observations

12 %In Lambaréné, Gabon, streptomycin resistance was observed in 12% of TB cases.

Gabontuberculosepublished 2016The American journal of tropical medicine and hygieneeurope_pmcdocument of 12 observationsDOI 10.4269/ajtmh.15-0668

43 %Among 141 children with tuberculosis in Libreville, Gabon between 2011 and 2021, 43% were girls.

Gabontuberculoseobserved 2011–2021published 2024HeliyonOpenAlexdocument of 13 observationsDOI 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e33609

321 casesThe study included 321 pulmonary tuberculosis cases and 347 healthy controls from Guinea-Bissau.

Gabontuberculosepublished 2007Genes and immunityeurope_pmcdocument of 3 observations

22 %After data reconciliation, there was a +22% increase in total TB cases compared with the previous data.

Gabontuberculosepublished 2026Tropical medicine and infectious diseasePubMed

42 %In Lambaréné, Gabon, the HIV coinfection rate among adult TB patients was 42% between 2012 and 2014.

Gabontuberculose · VIH/sidaobserved 2012 and 2014published 2016The American journal of tropical medicine and hygieneeurope_pmcdocument of 12 observationsDOI 10.4269/ajtmh.15-0668

4.3 %Among hospitalised PLHIV with tuberculosis, 4.3% had extra-pulmonary disseminated tuberculosis.

Gabontuberculose · VIH/sidaobserved 2021-2022published 2025Southern African journal of infectious diseaseseurope_pmcdocument of 11 observationsDOI 10.4102/sajid.v40i1.695

Adequate personal protective equipment was only found to be supplied in the MDR-TB unit and one of the paediatric wards.

Gabontuberculosepublished 2021BMC health services researcheurope_pmcdocument of 5 observationsDOI 10.1186/s12913-021-07236-z

13 %In Lambaréné, Gabon, isoniazid resistance was observed in 13% of TB cases.

Gabontuberculosepublished 2016The American journal of tropical medicine and hygieneeurope_pmcdocument of 12 observationsDOI 10.4269/ajtmh.15-0668

95 %In Lambaréné, Gabon, 95% of TB patients had pulmonary TB between 2012 and 2014.

Gabontuberculoseobserved 2012 and 2014published 2016The American journal of tropical medicine and hygieneeurope_pmcdocument of 12 observationsDOI 10.4269/ajtmh.15-0668

12 %Twelve percent of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex strains were at least multidrug-resistant in Gabon.

Gabontuberculoseobserved 2012–2022published 2025IJID regionseurope_pmcdocument of 8 observations

26.9 %Among 1,121 presumptive pulmonary tuberculosis patients tested in Brazzaville from July 2022 to August 2023, 302 (26.9%) were Mycobacterium tuberculosis positive.

Gabontuberculoseobserved July 2022 to August 2023published 2025Annals of clinical microbiology and antimicrobialseurope_pmcdocument of 8 observations

46.7 %The treatment success rate in individuals co-infected with HIV and tuberculosis was 46.7%.

Gabontuberculose · VIH/sidaobserved 2022 to 2023published 2025IJID regionsPubMeddocument of 9 observations

30 %The proportion of resistance to any first-line TB drugs among Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex strains in Gabon was 30%.

Gabontuberculoseobserved 2012–2022published 2025IJID regionseurope_pmcdocument of 8 observations

40.8 %In the Moyen-Ogooué province, Gabon, 40.8% of surveyed healthcare workers had intermediate knowledge about tuberculosis.

Gabontuberculosepublished 2021BMC infectious diseaseseurope_pmcdocument of 6 observationsDOI 10.1186/s12879-021-06225-1

80 %Among 41 MTBC isolates, 33 (80%) were M. tuberculosis.

Gabontuberculoseobserved October 2018 to October 2019published 2026IJID regionseurope_pmcdocument of 10 observations

0.78 ORA specific PTX3 haplotype was associated with a protective effect against pulmonary tuberculosis, with an odds ratio of 0.78 (95% CI 0.63–0.98).

Gabontuberculosepublished 2007Genes and immunityeurope_pmcdocument of 3 observations

26 %The case fatality rate among hospitalised PLHIV with tuberculosis was 26.0% (n = 24).

Gabontuberculose · VIH/sidaobserved 2021-2022published 2025Southern African journal of infectious diseaseseurope_pmcdocument of 11 observationsDOI 10.4102/sajid.v40i1.695

75.24 %The cure rate for childhood tuberculosis in Libreville, Gabon between 2011 and 2021 was 75.24%.

Gabontuberculoseobserved 2011–2021published 2024HeliyonOpenAlexdocument of 13 observationsDOI 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e33609

16.3 %Among tuberculosis-confirmed patients in Moyen Ogooué Province, Gabon, the prevalence of hypertension was 16.3%.

Gabonhypertension artérielle · tuberculoseobserved 2018 to 2020published 2022EClinicalMedicineeurope_pmcdocument of 4 observations

-0.74 correlation_coefficientThe reduction in detection of quantitative M tuberculosis DNA with Xpert MTB/RIF correlated with smear grades (ρ=-0·74; p<0·0001).

Gabontuberculosepublished 2013The Lancet. Respiratory medicineeurope_pmcdocument of 9 observationsDOI 10.1016/s2213-2600(13)70119-x

0.03 P-valueTwo polymorphisms—one in DC-SIGN and one in VDR—were associated with pulmonary tuberculosis disease risk in a nonadditive model when analyzed in combination with ethnicity, with P-values of 0.03 and 0.003 respectively.

Gabontuberculosepublished 2007Genes and immunityeurope_pmcdocument of 3 observations

21.4 %In the Moyen-Ogooué province, Gabon, 21.4% of surveyed healthcare workers had poor knowledge about tuberculosis.

Gabontuberculosepublished 2021BMC infectious diseaseseurope_pmcdocument of 6 observationsDOI 10.1186/s12879-021-06225-1

84 %At week 8, positive results were obtained for 174 (84%) of 207 sputum samples with Xpert MTB/RIF.

Gabontuberculoseobserved week 8published 2013The Lancet. Respiratory medicineeurope_pmcdocument of 9 observationsDOI 10.1016/s2213-2600(13)70119-x

64 %Among 28 cases of tuberculosis sepsis in HIV-negative patients, 64% (18/28) died.

Gabontuberculoseobserved January 1991 to September 2022published 2023Infectioneurope_pmcdocument of 7 observationsDOI 10.1007/s15010-022-01950-4