Table 3. Summary of treatment outcomes for children treated for MDR-TB.

MDR-TB treatment outcome	Bacteriologically confirmed MDR-TB n = 731 (%)	Clinically diagnosed MDR-TB n = 244 (%)	Absolute difference (95% CI)a	p-value	All children n = 975 (%)
Cured/completed treatment	548 (75)	216 (89)	14% (8%–19%)	<0.001	764 (78)
Death	77 (11)	8 (3)	8% (4%–11%)	<0.001	85 (9)
Failed treatment	16 (2)	0	2% (0%–4%)	0.044	16 (2)
Lost to follow-up/not evaluated	90 (12)	20 (8)	4% (0%–9%)	0.100	110 (11)

^aThe overall chi-squared p-value treatment outcomes between clinically diagnosed and bacteriologically confirmed cohorts is <0.001.

Abbreviation: MDR-TB, multidrug-resistant tuberculosis.