Table 2.
TB treatment outcomes for all recurrent TB patients in relation to HIV status, type of TB, sex and age
| Variable | Number registered | Treatment Outcomes b | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Treatment success n (%) |
Death n (%) |
Defaulted n (%) |
Transfer out n (%) |
Treatment failure n (%) |
||
| All patients | 225 | 163 (73) | 13 (6) | 14 (6) | 32 (14) | 1 (< 1) |
| HIV statusa | ||||||
| HIV-negative | 21 | 15 (71) | 2 (10) | 2 (10) | 2 (10) | 0 (0) |
| HIV-not done | 64 | 44 (69) | 2 (3) | 5 ( 8) | 13 (20) | 0 (0) |
| HIV-positive (ART not documented) | 115 | 87 (76) | 6 (5) | 5 ( 4) | 15 (13) | 1 (1) |
| HIV-positive (on ART) | 20 | 14 (70) | 2 (10) | 2 (10) | 1 ( 5) | 0 (0) |
| Type of TB | ||||||
| Relapse TB | 103 | 82 (80) | 4 (4) | 6 (6) | 11 (11) | 0 (0) |
| Treatment after default | 32 | 21 (68) | 2 (6) | 3 (10) | 5 (16) | 0 (0) |
| Retreatment other | 90 | 60 (67)* | 7 (8) | 5 (6) | 16 (18) | 1 (1) |
| Sex | ||||||
| Female | 90 | 68 (76) | 5 (6) | 6 (7) | 10 (11) | 0 (0) |
| Male | 135 | 95 (71) | 8 (6) | 8 (6) | 22 (16) | 1 (1) |
| Age group (in years) | ||||||
| < 25 | 16 | 12 (80) | 1 (7) | 0 (0) | 2 (13) | 0 (0) |
| 25 - 44 | 147 | 108 (74) | 6 (4) | 11 (8) | 21 (14) | 0 (0) |
| 45 - 54 | 39 | 26 (67) | 5 (13) | 2 (5) | 5 (13) | 1 (3) |
| ≥ 55 | 23 | 17 (74) | 1 (4) | 1 (4) | 4 (17) | 0 (0) |
a 2 patients with unrecorded HIV status and 3 with HIV-indeterminate results have been excluded; b 2 patients with unrecorded TB treatment outcomes have been excluded
TB tuberculosis, ART antiretroviral treatment, HIV human immunodeficiency virus
Significant statistical comparisons using multivariate Poisson regression: * p < 0.05 compared with relapse TB