Factores asociados al abandono del tratamiento de la tuberculosis en la provincia de Granada

The incidence of TB in the province of Granada has decreased to about 10 cases per 100,000 inhabitants/year. The percentage of patients who abandon TB treatment is significant, it being higher in foreign patients than in the natives. TB treatment abandonment was associated to being a man, living in the North-east district of Granada and having extrapulmonary TB.