Table 2. Initial treatment outcomes of visceral leishmaniasis and HIV co-infected patients treated with a combination of liposomal amphotericin B (AmBisome) and miltefosine by MSF in Ethiopia from January 2011 to August 2014, by visceral leishmaniasis treatment history (N = 173).
Initial treatment outcome | Total, n/N (%) | Primary visceral leishmaniasis, n/N (%) | Relapse visceral leishmaniasis, n/N (%) | P |
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95% confidence interval | 95% confidence interval | 95% confidence interval | ||
Cure | 145/173 (83.8) | 65/83 (78.3) | 80/90 (88.9) | 0.003a |
(77.6–88.6) | 68.3–85.8 | 80.7–93.9 | ||
Death | 22/173 (12.7) | 17/83 (20.5) | 5/90 (5.6) | |
(8.5–18.5) | 13.2–30.4 | 2.4–12.4 | ||
Parasitological failure | 6/173 (3.5) | 1/83 (1.2) | 5/90 (5.6) | |
(1.6–7.4) | 0.2–6.5 | 2.4–12.4 |
a Fisher’s exact test.