Table 5.
Distribution of clinical characteristics of cases of tuberculosis with multimorbidity according to TB treatment outcome status in Brazil, 2011
|
Characteristics |
Cured |
Not cured |
p value |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| n (%) | n (%) | |||
| Type of treatment (454) |
New case |
265 (71.1) |
108 (28.9) |
<0.001* |
| |
Relapse |
18 (54.5) |
15 (45.5) |
|
| |
Return after abandonment |
6 (28.6) |
15 (71.4) |
|
| |
Transferred |
13 (48.1) |
14 (51.9) |
|
| TB form (454) |
Pulmonary |
250(67.2) |
122 (32.8) |
0.508* |
| |
Extrapulmonary |
47 (65.3) |
25 (34.7) |
|
| |
Pulmonary + extrapulmonary |
5 (50.0) |
5 (50.0) |
|
| Tuberculin skin test (58) |
Negative |
15 (55.5) |
12 (44.5) |
<0.001** |
| |
Positive |
30 (96.8) |
1 (3.2) |
|
| X-ray suspicious of TB (384) |
No |
17 (53.1) |
15 (46.9) |
0.136* |
| |
Yes |
234 (66.5) |
118 (33.5) |
|
| Initial bacilloscopy (377) |
Negative |
63 (62.4) |
38 (37.6) |
0.295* |
| |
Positive |
188 (68..1) |
88 (31.9) |
|
| Culture (105) |
Negative |
17 (54.8) |
14 (45.2) |
0.271* |
| |
Positive |
49 (66.2) |
25 (33.8) |
|
| Histopathologic examination (64) |
Not suggestive of TB |
0 (0) |
3 (100) |
0.015** |
| |
AFB positive |
8 (42.1) |
11 (57.9) |
|
| |
Suggestive of TB |
28 (66.7) |
14 (33.3) |
|
| Under DOTS (377) |
No |
112 (62.9) |
66 (37.1) |
0.009* |
| |
Yes |
150 (75.4) |
49 (24.6) |
|
| Occupational disease (289) |
No |
193 (68.7) |
88 (31.3) |
0.698** |
| Yes | 6 (75.0) | 2 (25.0) | ||
AFB Acid fast bacilli, DOTS Directly observed treatment short, MM Multimorbidity, TB Tuberculosis.
*Pearson chi-square test.
**Likelihood-ratio chi-square test.