Table 1.
ID | Age (y) | Ethnicity | Diagnosis | TB history |
TST | Jail | Ever homeless |
Current smoker | Alcohol abuse |
Drug use | TB exposure | Comorbidities | Symptoms | Thoracic radiographics | SCC (mo) | DOT (mo) | Outcomes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 46 | White | PTB | N | N | Y | N | Y | C | Y | N | Type 2 diabetes | Y | Cavities | 1.7 | 7.0 | Cured, completed |
2 | 48 | Black | PTB | N | NA | N | N | Y | C | Y | N | Hypertension | Y | Cavities, local infiltrates | 3.0 | 6.4 | Cured, completed |
3 | 41 | White | PTB | N | P | N | Y | Y | C | Y | N | Liver disease | Y | Local infiltrates | 1.6 | 9.0 | Cured, completed |
6 | 63 | White | PTB | N | NA | N | Y | Y | C | N | N | Asthma | Y | Local infiltrates | 5.8 | 7.0 | Cured, completed |
7 | 42 | Hispanic | PTB | N | P | N | N | Y | N | N | N | N | Y | N | 0.9 | 11.0 | Cured, completed |
8 | 49 | Hispanic | PTB | N | P | N | Y | Y | C | N | Y | Liver disease | Y | Cavities, local infiltrates | 2.6 | 7.5 | Cured, completed |
9 | 50 | White | PTB | N | P | N | Y | Y | C | Y | N | N | Y | Local infiltrates | 1.5 | 10.0 | Cured, completed |
13 | 43 | Black | PTB | N | P | Y | N | Y | N | Y | Y | N | N | Local infiltrates, hilar lymphadenopathy |
2.5 | 3.0 | Lost to follow-up |
12 | 42 | Black | PTB, EPTB | Y | P | Y | N | N | F | Y | N | Hypertension, liver disease |
Y | Cavities, local infiltrates, pleural effusion |
7.0 | 9.0 | Cured, completed |
4 | 52 | Asian | EPTB | N | P | N | N | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | NA | 11.0 | Cured, completed |
5 | 50 | Asian | EPTB | N | P | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | 6.0 | Cured, completed |
10 | 37 | Black | EPTB | N | P | N | N | N | C | N | N | N | Y | Pleural effusion | N | 6.5 | Cured, completed |
11 | 47 | Black | EPTB | Y | P | N | N | N | F | N | N | Hypertension | N | N | N | 10.0 | Cured, completed |
Abbreviations: N, no; Y, yes; NA, not available; PTB, pulmonary tuberculosis; EPTB, extra-pulmonary tuberculosis; TST, previous tuberculin skin-test (P, positive; N, negative); Jail, incarceration history; Alcohol abuse (C, current; F, former; N, no history); Drug use, illicit drug use history; SCC, time to initial negative sputum culture conversion after starting treatment (months); DOT, directly observed treatment duration (months). Neg.: patient No. 5, 10 and 11 had positive culture from biopsy specimen but negative sputum culture status at the treatment start date.