Table 2.
Concordance between programmatically based and laboratory determined treatment outcomes (all categories) for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis patients in Peru, 1996–2002
| Laboratory outcome | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Programmatic outcome |
Cured n (%) |
Completed n (%) |
Failed n (%) |
Total n |
| Cured | 864 (75.0)* | 165 (14.3) | 123 (10.7) | 1152 |
| Completed | 188 (65.5) | 72 (25.1) | 27 (9.4) | 287 |
| Failed | 9 (6.4) | 5 (3.6) | 127 (90.1) | 141 |
| Discontinued | 0 | 0 | 4 (100.0) | 4 |
| In treatment | 31 (43.7) | 20 (28.2) | 20 (28.2) | 71 |
| Transfer | 1 (33.3) | 1 (33.3) | 1 (33.3) | 3 |
| Total | 1093 | 263 | 302 | 1658 |
*
Number of patients (row percentage).