Table 2.
Clinical and demographic profile of patients with presumptive MDR-TB, North and Central Chennai, India (2014).
| Variable | Patient with presumptive MDR-TB | |
|---|---|---|
| Number | Percentage | |
| Total | 628 | 100 |
| Age (years) | ||
| • <14 | 3 | 1 |
| • 14–44 | 305 | 49 |
| • 45–64 | 293 | 47 |
| • >/= 65 | 27 | 4 |
| Gender | ||
| • Male | 520 | 83 |
| • Female | 108 | 17 |
| Health facility | ||
| • Primary/Secondary level | 459 | 73 |
| • District level | 151 | 24 |
| • Medical college/Others | 18 | 3 |
| Presumptive MDR-TB criteria | ||
| • Retreatment | 497 | 79 |
| ○ Relapse | 198 | 32 |
| ○ Loss to follow up | 215 | 34 |
| ○ Failure | 29 | 5 |
| ○ Others | 55 | 9 |
| • Follow up smear + | 73 | 12 |
| • New patient with TB/HIV | 58 | 9 |
| • New pulmonary TB with known MDR-TB contact | 0 | 0 |
| Site of Tuberculosis | ||
| • Extra pulmonary | 32 | 5 |
| • Pulmonary-smear negative | 77 | 12 |
| • Pulmonary-smear positive | 512 | 82 |
| • Pulmonary-smear missing | 7 | 1 |
| Quarter (Q) | ||
| • Q1 – 2014 | 179 | 29 |
| • Q2 – 2014 | 186 | 30 |
| • Q3 – 2014 | 142 | 23 |
| • Q4 – 2014 | 121 | 19 |
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MDR-TB: Multi drug-resistant tuberculosis, TB: Tuberculosis, HIV: Human Immunodeficiency Virus.