Table 3.
Cumulative percentages of microscopy (after concentration) results in the follow-up of antiparasitic treatment of T. solium infection
| Days after treatment | Successful treatments (n = 64) |
Treatment failures (n = 17) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| % negative microscopy results (no. of patients with negative results/total no.)a | 95% CI | % positive microscopy results (no. of patients with positive results/total no.)a | 95% CI | |
| 3 | 79.7 (51/64) | 68.2–87.7 | 11.8 (2/17)b | 3.6–34.7 |
| 7 | 92.2 (59/64) | 83.0–96.5 | 11.8 (2/17) | 3.6–34.7 |
| 15 | 100 (64/64) | 94.5–100 | 11.8 (2/17) | 3.6–34.7 |
| 30 | 100 (64/64) | 94.5–100 | 23.5 (4/17) | 9.7–47.6 |
| 90 | 100 (64/64) | 94.5–100 | 41.2 (7/17) | 21.5–64.3 |
a
Not all patients complied with sample collection at all times. This analysis loses a total of 8 negative results at days 7 (n = 2), 15 (n = 2), 30 (n = 2), and 90 (n = 2) in treatment failures.
b
Two positive results were found at day 3; these two uncured patients had negative results at days 7, 15, and 30 and became positive at day 90.