Table 3.
Hospitalization and Resective Thoracic Surgery among Patients with XDR Tuberculosis.*
Characteristic | Value |
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Patients hospitalized during individualized treatment regimen — no./total no. (%) | 11/48 (22.9) |
No. of days of hospitalization during individualized treatment regimen — median (interquartile range) | 14 (5–54) |
Patients undergoing surgical resection during individualized treatment regimen — no./total no. (%) | 7/48 (14.6) |
Type of surgery — no. (%) | |
Lobectomy | 5 (10.4) |
Pneumonectomy | 1 (2.1) |
Cavitary resection | 1 (2.1) |
No. of months from treatment initiation to surgery — median (interquartile range) | 11.6 (7.1–24.1) |
Patients with positive sputum culture at surgery — no. (%) | 3 (42.9) |
No. of months of treatment for patients undergoing surgery— median (interquartile range) | 31.2 (25.1–57.9) |
Patients undergoing surgery who subsequently died or whose treatment failed — no. (%) | 2 (28.6) |
XDR denotes extensively drug-resistant.