Table 1.
Demographic data and clinical characteristics at admission (N=88)
| Baseline Characteristics | All Patients (N=88) |
Retreatment (N=77) |
First treatment (N=11) |
| Mean age, years (range) | 38.8 (18–75) | 38.1 (18–75) | 43.5 (28–75) |
| Female (%) | 38 (43) | 30 (34) | 8 (73) |
| Smear positive [%) | 37(42) | 31 (40) | 6 (55) |
| Pulmonary TB | 82 (93) | 72 (94) | 10 (91) |
| Extrapulmonary TB (% total) | 8 (9) | 6 (8) | 2 (18) |
| Meningitis (% extrapulmonary) | 2 (33) | 1 (20) | 1 (50) |
| Pericarditis | 4 (50) | 3 (50) | 1 (50) |
| Peritonitis | 1 (17) | 1 (20) | - |
| Spinal | 1 (17) | 1 (20) | - |
|
Abnormal Chest X-ray (%) (N=76 Xrays, 67 retreatment; 9 first treatment) |
71 (93) | 63 (94] | 8 (89) |
| Unilateral infiltrate | 10 (14) | 10 (16) | - |
| Bilateral infiltrate | 55 (77) | 48 (76) | 7 (88) |
| Adenopathy | 31 (44) | 28 (44) | 3 (38) |
| Miliary pattern | 4 (6) | 3 (5) | 1 (13) |
| Cavitary lesion | 23 (32) | 20 (32) | 3 (38) |
| Pleural effusion | 9 (13) | 9 (14) | - |
| Suspected pericardial effusion* | 4 (6) | 3 (5) | 1 (13) |
| HIV positive | 65 (74) | 54 (70) | 11 (100) |
| On ART (% HIV+) | 44 (68) | 43 (80) | 1 (9) |
| Median CD4 count (IQR) | 135 (67.5– 250.5) |
144 (69–254) | 125 (46–154) |
| Median log HIV RNA copies/mL (IQR) | 2.60 (2.60– 5.40) |
2.60 (2.60–5.18) | 2.81 (2.60–5.57) |
| ART failure (% on ART)** | 2 (5) | 2 (5) | 0 |