Table 2.
Treatment outcomes among children with TB in Khuzestan, 2005-2010
| Variables | Treatment outcome | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Cured
(N=56) |
Completed treatment
(N=88) |
Deceased
(N=4) |
Failure
(N=1) |
Defaulted
(N=8) |
|
|
Age (years)
0-4 5-9 10-15 |
0 1 (1.7) 55 (98.2) |
7 (8.0) 13 (14.7) 68 (77.3) |
2 (50) 0 2 (50) |
0 0 0 |
1 (12.5) 0 7 (87.5) |
|
Sex
Female Male |
47 (83.9) 9 (16.1) |
48 (54.5) 40 (45.5) |
2 (50) 2 (50) |
0 0 |
5 (62.5) 3 (37.5) |
|
PTB
SPPTB SNPTB EPTB |
56 (100) 0 0 |
5 (5.7) 28 (31.8) 55 (62.5) |
2 (50) 0 2 (50) |
1(100) 0 0 |
1 (12.5) 3 (37.5) 4 (50) |
Abbreviation: PTB; pulmonary tuberculosis, EPTB; extrapulmonary tuberculosis, SPPTB; smear-positive pulmonary tuberculosis, SNPTB; smear-negative pulmonary tuberculosis