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. 2018 Mar;24(3):524–533. doi: 10.3201/eid2403.171362

Table 8. Treatment outcomes for patients with and without acquired drug resistance to anti-TB drugs, England, Wales, and Northern Ireland, 2001–2013*.

Outcomes
Acquired drug resistance category
No MDR TB before or after acquiring resistance, no. (%)
Acquired resistance that resulted in MDR TB, no. (%)
Initial MDR TB with additional acquired resistance, no. (%)
Total with acquired drug resistance, no. (%)
No acquired drug resistance, no. (%)
Treatment completed 39 (65) 20 (48.8) 27 (69.2) 86 (61.4) 45,690 (79.9
Died 1 (1.7) 8 (19.5) 1 (2.6) 10 (7.1) 2,651 (4.6)
Lost to follow-up 5 (8.3) 5 (12.2) 3 (7.7) 13 (9.3) 3,046 (5.3)
Still receiving treatment 10 (16.7) 7 (17.1) 5 (12.8) 22 1(5.7) 1,253 (2.2)
Treatment stopped 2 (3.3) 1 (2.4) 3 (7.7) 6 (4.3) 410 (0.7)
Not evaluated 3 (5) 0 0 3 (2.1) 4,159 (7.3)

*MDR, multidrug resistant; TB, tuberculosis.