@article {Garcia-GarciaP2683, author = {Jose-Maria Garcia-Garcia and Teresa Rodrigo and Mart{\'\i} Casals and Juan Ruiz-Manzano and Teresa Pascual and Joan Cayla and Grupo T.B. Trabajo}, title = {Adherence to the recommendation of prescribing 4 drugs in the intensive phase of the standard treatment of tuberculosis in Spain}, volume = {44}, number = {Suppl 58}, elocation-id = {P2683}, year = {2014}, publisher = {European Respiratory Society}, abstract = {AimTo analyse the differences between patients treated initially with four (HRZE) or three drugs (HRZ).MethodsWe studied 3.189 tuberculosis patients from all the Spanish Autonomous Regions. Frequency distributions for qualitative variables were calculated and proportions were compared between groups using X2 test. Factors associated with 3 or 4 drugs were analysed using logistic regression (backward method) including in the model the variables associated at the bivariate level.ResultsView this table:Differences between patients treated with 3 or 4 drugs (bivariate analysis). Main results.View this table:Factors associated with the use of 4 drugs. Multivariate analysis.Conclusions44,3\% patients were treated with 3 drugs. Associated factors with the use of 4 drugs were: immigrants, living in a group, smear positive, HIV infection, being treated in 2009, employed, diagnosed in hospital, and men.}, issn = {0903-1936}, URL = {https://erj.ersjournals.com/content/44/Suppl_58/P2683}, eprint = {https://erj.ersjournals.com/content}, journal = {European Respiratory Journal} }