Table 3.
Treatment/control indicators of tuberculosis, before and after occurrence of soil dust in Khuzestan
|
Soil dust
Variables |
Before
N (%) |
After
N (%) |
P-value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cured | 307 (73.9) | 256 (74.4) | 0.93 |
| Completed treatment | 26 (6.2) | 22 (6.4) | 1.0 |
| Failed treatment* | 6 (1.4) | 24 (7) | 0.0001 |
| Relapsed TB* | 6 (1.4) | 19 (5.5) | 0.001 |
| Death of PTB | 29 (7) | 22 (6.4) | 0.77 |
| Transferred out | 12 (2.9) | 15 (4.3) | 0.32 |
| Transferred in | 8 (1.9) | 6 (1.7) | 1.0 |
| MDR-TB* | 4 (1) | 16 (4.6) | 0.002 |
| Total PTB | 415 (100) | 344 (100) |
*
statistically significant