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34.4 %34.4% of tuberculosis patients were assigned incorrect treatment outcomes by healthcare workers in Lagos private DOTS facilities.

Nigeriatuberculoseobserved 2016published 2022Frontiers in public healthPubMeddocument of 11 observations

30.1 %Sixty-five (30.1%) of 216 inmates were transferred-out without evaluation during TB treatment.

Nigeriatuberculoseobserved 2014–2018published 2022PloS onePubMeddocument of 11 observations

61.96 %Among 2,169 presumptive pulmonary TB patients in Southwestern Nigeria, 61.96% were previously treated TB cases.

Nigeriatuberculosepublished 2024The Pan African medical journalPubMeddocument of 10 observations

17.4 %Artisans accounted for 17.4% of tuberculosis cases 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

3.2 %7 patients (3.2%) were referred to other centres.

Nigeriatuberculoseobserved 2013 to 2015published 2022African health sciencesPubMeddocument of 4 observations

84.2 %The reported treatment success rate for tuberculosis patients in Lagos private DOTS facilities was 84.2%.

Nigeriatuberculoseobserved 2016published 2022Frontiers in public healthPubMeddocument of 11 observations

17.3 %TB abdomen accounted for 17.3% 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 abdomen · tuberculoseobserved 2017 to 2021published 2024West African journal of medicinePubMeddocument of 14 observations

15.1 %GeneXpert assay detected TB in 15.1% of 425 suspected TB patients in Benue State, Nigeria.

Nigeriatuberculoseobserved July 2016 to February 2018published 2020Ethiopian journal of health sciencesPubMeddocument of 10 observations

15.1 %At 3 months, 15.1% of TB patients had positive IgG levels.

Nigeriatuberculosepublished 2022Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiologyPubMeddocument of 15 observations

72 %About 72% of the patients recovered from TB after the first two months of having the disease.

Nigeriatuberculosepublished 2025BMC infectious diseasesPubMeddocument of 2 observations

37 yearsThe mean age of the 2652 TB/HIV co-infected participants was 37 ± 14 years.

Nigeriatuberculose · VIH/sidapublished 2024The Pan African medical journalPubMeddocument of 5 observations

91.2 %91.2% of the tuberculosis cases reviewed were treatment naïve.

Nigeriatuberculoseobserved 2008 to 2014published 2020Journal of infection and public healthPubMeddocument of 16 observations

5.7 %Pakistan accounted for 5.7% 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

32 yearsThe mean age of the drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) group was 32 years.

Nigeriatuberculosepublished 2024Journal of global antimicrobial resistancePubMeddocument of 8 observations

0.26 aORHaving GeneXpert for tuberculosis diagnosis was associated with a reduced likelihood of successful treatment outcome (adjusted odds ratio = 0.26).

Nigeriatuberculoseobserved 2010-2016published 2021PloS onePubMeddocument of 3 observations

0.5 %Sixteen (0.5%) of the screened diabetes mellitus patients were known tuberculosis cases.

Nigeriadiabète (non précisé) · tuberculosepublished 2020Advances in respiratory medicinePubMeddocument of 7 observations

53.4 %The proportion of tuberculosis patients cured was 53.4%.

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

19.1 %The prevalence of tuberculosis (TB) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) coinfection in Nigeria is currently around 19.1%.

Nigeriatuberculose · VIH/sidapublished 2022Microbiology spectrumPubMeddocument of 6 observations

3.1 %MDR-TB was found in 2 of the 65 culture-positive samples, representing 3.1%.

Nigeriatuberculosepublished 2020Nigerian journal of clinical practicePubMeddocument of 4 observations

10,000,000 casesOf the estimated 10 million people who developed active TB in 2019, 1.8 million (18%) were adolescents and young adults aged 15–24 years.

Nigeriatuberculoseobserved 2019published 2021International journal of adolescent medicine and healthPubMed

18.3 %HIV positivity was found in 37 out of 202 (18.3%) tuberculosis patients in the North Central zone of Nigeria.

Nigeriatuberculose · VIH/sidapublished 2019Journal of epidemiology and global healthPubMeddocument of 7 observations

29.5 %The tuberculosis treatment completion rate was 29.5% 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

0.475 correlation_coefficientPearson's product-moment correlation coefficient (r) between serum albumin and PCV was +0.475, p = 0.000, which was statistically significant at the 0.01 level.

Nigeriatuberculoseobserved 2019-2022published 2023West African journal of medicinePubMeddocument of 5 observations

0.3 %Eleven (0.3%) new tuberculosis cases were detected among the screened diabetes mellitus patients.

Nigeriadiabète (non précisé) · tuberculosepublished 2020Advances in respiratory medicinePubMeddocument of 7 observations

67.8 %Majority of the respondents (411, 67.8%) had good knowledge of tuberculosis.

Nigeriatuberculosepublished 2023African health sciencesPubMeddocument of 7 observations