Table 1.

Previous first-line antituberculosis treatment status among previously treated tuberculosis patients at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital Chest Clinic, Accra

Treatment status	In study (N = 112*)	Excluded (N = 43)
Prior Cat I therapy
Failure or Relapse after prior therapy	80 (71.4%)	35 (81.4%)
Default of prior therapy	1 (0.9%)	2 (4.5%)
AFB smear-positive after 2 months of therapy	8 (7.1%)	2 (4.5%)
Smear-positive after 1 month of therapy	2 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)
Prior Cat II therapy
AFB smear-positive after 5 months of therapy	14 (13.3%)	4 (9.1%)

^*Treatment classification data was missing for 7 patients