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. 2011 Apr 29;6(4):e19399. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0019399

Table 5. Comparison of treatment outcomes for hospitalized TB patients in the 309 Hospital stratified by treatment period (patients being treated before and after 2001).

Treatment success Poor treatment outcomes OR (95%CI) P
Before 2001
Patients with non-MDR -TB
 New 27 (71.1) 11 (28.9) 1
 Retreatment 117 (84.8) 21 (15.2) 0.44 (0.19,1.02) 0.052
Patients with MDR-TB excluding XDR-TB
 New 6 (37.5) 10 (62.5) 1
 Retreatment 30 (30.0) 70 (70.0) 1.40 (0.47, 4.20) 0.547
Patients with XDR-TB
 New 1 (33.3) 2 (66.7) 1
 Retreatment 1 (7.7) 12 (92.3) 6.00 (0.26,140.05) 0.226
After 2001
Patients with non-MDR -TB
 New 1088 (92.8) 85 (7.2) 1
 Retreatment 1218 (90.6) 127 (9.4) 1.34 (1.00,1.78) 0.048
Patients with MDR-TB excluding XDR-TB
 New 89 (59.3) 61 (40.7) 1
 Retreatment 157 (59.9) 105 (40.1) 0.98 (0.65, 1.47) 0.906
Patients with XDR-TB
 New 4 (33.3) 8 (66.7) 1
 Retreatment 8 (40.0) 12 (60.0) 0.75 (0.17,3.35) 0.706
Total
Before 2001
 New 34 (59.6) 23 (40.4) 1
 Retreatment 148 (59.0) 103 (41.0) 1.03 (0.57, 1.85) 0.924
After 2001
 New 1181(88.5) 154 (11.5) 1
 Retreatment 1383 (85.0) 244(15.0) 1.35 (1.09, 1.68) 0.006

OR = odds ratio.

CI = confidence interval.

TB = tuberculosis;

MDR = multidrug-resistant;

XDR = extensively drug-resistant.