Table 7.

Results of meta-analysis of treatment outcome with positive NTM isolates from patients with HIV/AIDS

			Heterogeneity
Treatment outcome	Pooled estimate (95% CI)	Number of studies	P-value	I2, %	Event/total
Symptoms improve*	70.0 (56.9-83.0)	6	<0.001	83.2	184/275
Death	6.2 (3.2-9.9)	6	0.377	6.2	20/275
Others†	22.6 (9.9-35.3)	6	<0.001	86.8	71/275

CI – confidence interval

*Symptom improvement is defined as getting better after treatment during hospitalisation.

†Others include automatic discharge, transfer to another hospital, and no apparent improvement.