Dataset for complete sputum smear monitoring among adults with pulmonary tuberculosis in central Uganda: evidence from a retrospective cohort study

<p>People with bacteriologically confirmed pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) require sputum smear monitoring at 2, 5, and 6 months to establish treatment outcomes. We retrospectively reviewed and abstracted data for 416 persons with bacteriologically confirmed pulmonary TB initiated on treatment between January 2017 and December 2019 across 11 large TB units in Masaka district in central Uganda. The dataset includes variables on health facility attributes and clinical factors. We defined complete sputum smear monitoring was measured as the receipt of three sputum smear microscopy tests at 2, 5, and 6 months of TB treatment.</p>