Table 4.
Outcome of treatment for latent and active TB cases
| Monney et al 2005 | Verver et al 2001 | |||
| Study details | Active screening | Passive screening |
Active screening | Passive screening |
| Proportion of TB cases that received treatment |
Active screening = 51 cases (100%) |
Passive screening = 81 cases (100%) |
Active screening = 454 (100%) |
Passive screening = 368 (100%) |
| Cured | Active screening ∼13 (25%) |
Passive screening ∼ 15 (19%) |
Active screening = 139 (31%) |
Passive screening = 83 (23%) |
| Completed treatment | Active screening ∼30 (59%) |
Passive screening ∼ 49 (61%) |
Active screening = 245 (54%) |
Passive screening = 210 (57%) |
| Failure | Active screening ∼ 2(3%) | Passive screening ∼ 1(1%) | Not reported | Not reported |
| Dead | Active screening ∼ 0(0%) | Passive screening ∼6(8%) | Active screening = 0(0%) | Passive screening = 2(1%) |
| Default | Active screening ∼2 (3%) | Passive screening ∼ 6(8%) | Active screening = 47(10%) |
Passive screening = 36(10%) |
| Transferred | Active screening ∼ 5(10%) | Passive screening ∼ 2(3%) | Active screening = 22(5%) | Passive screening = 27(7%) |
| NB: Percentages and figures for column 2 in table 4 above are estimates (rounded up or down) derived from graph in which the authors presented the treatment outcomes without actual figures | ||||