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. 2011 Aug 23;6(8):e23081. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0023081

Table 3. Tuberculosis treatment outcomes according to baseline drug resistance patterns.

Full susceptible and resistant to E, S or ES n (%) PDR* MDR n (%)
H or HS resistance n (%) HE or HES resistance n (%)
N 189 56 11 68
Positive outcome (success) 161(85.2) 45 (80.3) 9 (81.8) 22 (32.3)
Cured 154 (81.5) 42 (75) 6 (54.5) 13 (19.1)
Completed 7 (3.7) 3 (5.4) 3 (27.3) 9 (13.2)
Negative outcome 11 (5.8) 3 (5.4) 1 (9.1) 22 (32.3)
Failure 4 (2.1) 2 (3.6) 0 5 (7.3)
Death 7 (3.7) 1 (1.8) 1 (9.1) 16 (23.5)
Defaulter 17 (9) 8 (14.3) 1 (9.1) 25 (36.7)
*

Two patients were also resistant to rifampicin and rifampicin + streptomycin. Both were defaulters.

E: ethambutol; S: streptomycin; H: isoniazid; PDR: polydrug resistance; MDR: multidrug resistance.