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1,602 microscopy_centresThe NTBLCP has 1,602 microscopy Centres distributed across the country.

Nigeriatuberculosepublished 2020The Pan African medical journalPubMeddocument of 5 observations

26 daysThe conventional method required a median time of 26 days for identification of MTBC.

Nigeriatuberculosepublished 2021Journal of immunoassay & immunochemistryPubMeddocument of 6 observations

88 mg/dLThe median fasting blood glucose level for tuberculosis patients was 88 mg/dL.

Nigeriatuberculosepublished 2022BMJ openPubMeddocument of 7 observations

53 %IPT completion rate increased from 53% to 95.4%.

Nigeriatuberculosepublished 2019The Pan African medical journalPubMeddocument of 3 observations

2.7 %Meningeal tuberculosis was diagnosed in 1 (2.7%) of the 36 children.

Nigeriatuberculosepublished 2026Annals of African medicinePubMeddocument of 11 observations

37.3 yearsThe mean age of tuberculosis patients was 37.3 years with a standard deviation of 16.5 years.

Nigeriatuberculoseobserved 2012-2016published 2022African health sciencesPubMeddocument of 17 observations

0.4 %Out of 52,558 studied patient files, 235 (0.4%) were positive for tuberculosis.

Nigeriatuberculoseobserved 2000 to 2010published 2022Current microbiologyPubMeddocument of 4 observations

847 casesBacteriologically confirmed tuberculosis notifications increased by 847 cases (45.1%) during the intervention period in Northeast Nigeria.

Nigeriatuberculosepublished 2020PLoS medicinePubMeddocument of 12 observations

10.5 aORInmates aged 20–29 years had an adjusted odds ratio of 10.5 for successful TB treatment compared to those aged 55 years or older.

Nigeriatuberculoseobserved 2014–2018published 2022PloS onePubMeddocument of 11 observations

14.8 %The annual mean measured potentially unsatisfactory treatment outcome was 14.8% (±7.2%).

Nigeriatuberculosepublished 2020PloS onePubMeddocument of 10 observations

0.594 AORPatients residing in urban areas had an adjusted odds ratio of 0.594 for TB/HIV coinfection.

Nigeriatuberculose · VIH/sidaobserved 2018-2022published 2024BMJ openPubMeddocument of 6 observations

1 %TB CNS accounted for 1.0% of extra-pulmonary tuberculosis cases among tuberculosis patients at the TB DOTS clinic of Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital, Bauchi, from January 2017 to December 2021.

NigeriaTB CNS · tuberculoseobserved 2017 to 2021published 2024West African journal of medicinePubMeddocument of 14 observations

18.5 %The non-adherence/defaulting rate for tuberculosis patients in Jos-North and Mangu Local Government Areas of Plateau State, Nigeria, was 18.5% between 2001 and 2015.

Nigeriatuberculoseobserved 2001–2015published 2020BMC public healthPubMeddocument of 7 observations

64.7 %11 (64.7%) of the laboratories had 'low' capacity to detect TB in cerebrospinal fluid/sputum.

Nigeriatuberculosepublished 2022Microbiology spectrumPubMeddocument of 6 observations

26 %India accounted for 26% of the global total of people with TB in 2019.

Nigeriatuberculoseobserved 2019published 2021International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the InternatPubMeddocument of 18 observations

3.7 %Tuberculosis accounted for 3.7% of all deaths at University of Calabar Teaching Hospital from 2012 to 2017.

Nigeriatuberculoseobserved 2012-2017published 2020PloS onePubMeddocument of 13 observations

70.3 %70.3% of tuberculosis patients had sputum acid-fast bacilli (AFB) test results at month 6 during treatment in Lagos private DOTS facilities.

Nigeriatuberculoseobserved 2016published 2022Frontiers in public healthPubMeddocument of 11 observations

Tuberculosis prevalence was higher in females (0.9% and 0.5%) than in males (0.4% and 0.4%) in the survey and retrospective studies, respectively.

Nigeriatuberculosepublished 2022Current microbiologyPubMeddocument of 4 observations

8 %8% of the tuberculosis cases reviewed had unknown HIV status.

Nigeriatuberculose · VIH/sidaobserved 2008 to 2014published 2020Journal of infection and public healthPubMeddocument of 16 observations

11.2 %The tuberculosis cure rate was 11.2% among 241 TB patients in a semi-urban tuberculosis center in Southeast Nigeria between September 2014 and August 2017.

Nigeriatuberculoseobserved September 2014 and August 2017published 2021West African journal of medicinePubMeddocument of 10 observations

47 %47% of those with positive TB LF-LAM results started TB treatment.

Nigeriatuberculosepublished 2024BMC public healthPubMeddocument of 6 observations

5,300 service_pointsThe NTBLCP has over 5,300 TB service points distributed across the country.

Nigeriatuberculosepublished 2020The Pan African medical journalPubMeddocument of 5 observations

17,134 peopleA total of 17,134 people were tested for tuberculosis during the active case finding intervention in Northeast Nigeria between July 1, 2017, and June 30, 2018.

Nigeriatuberculoseobserved 2017-07-01 to 2018-06-30published 2020PLoS medicinePubMeddocument of 12 observations

1.136 incidence_rate_ratioThe incidence rate ratio for all forms of tuberculosis between intervention and control areas was 1.136, with a 95% confidence interval of [1.072, 1.204] and p ≤ 0.001.

Nigeriatuberculosepublished 2020PLoS medicinePubMeddocument of 12 observations

2.772 AORStudents had an adjusted odds ratio of 2.772 for TB/HIV coinfection.

Nigeriatuberculose · VIH/sidaobserved 2018-2022published 2024BMJ openPubMeddocument of 6 observations