Table 4.
Treatment outcomes for all patients with cavitary and non-cavitary TB.
| Outcomes | All Patients (n = 410) |
Non-Cavitary TB (n = 244) |
Cavitary TB (n = 166) |
p-Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AFB culture results at month 2 | <0.030 | |||
| Positive | 12 (2.9) | 4 (1.6) | 8 (4.8) | |
| Negative | 166 (40.5) | 93 (38.1) | 73 (44.0) | |
| Not performed | 232 (56.6) | 147 (60.2) | 85 (51.2) | |
| Treatment duration, days | 236 (102–370) | 202 (98–336) | 248 (134–392) | <0.001 |
| Treatment outcomes | 0.062 | |||
| Cured/treatment completed |
385 (93.9) | 204 (83.7) | 151 (91.0) | |
| Treatment failure | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | |
| Lost to follow up | 11 (2.7) | 7 (2.9) | 4 (2.4) | |
| Not evaluated | 44 (10.7) | 33 (13.5) | 11 (6.6) | |
| Recurrence after treatment success |
6 (1.5) | 1 (0.4) | 5 (3.0) | 0.042 |
| Favorable treatment outcomes |
348 (84.9) | 203 (83.2) | 145 (87.3) | 0.249 |
| Unfavorable treatment outcomes |
6 (1.5) | 1 (0.4) | 5 (3.0) | 0.042 |
The data are presented as mean and standard deviation or number and percentage, as appropriate. AFB: acid-fast bacilli; TB: tuberculosis.