TABLE 2.
Characteristics of patients with MDR/RR-TB
| Characteristic | Total (n = 200) |
Favored outcome (n = 80) |
Pending (n = 95) |
Died (n = 23) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | |
| Gender | ||||||||
| Male | 148 | 74.0 | 59 | 40.1 | 71 | 48.3 | 17 | 11.6 |
| Female | 52 | 26.0 | 21 | 41.2 | 24 | 47.1 | 6 | 11.8 |
| Age, yr | ||||||||
| 15–34 | 48 | 24.0 | 28 | 58.3 | 17 | 35.4 | 1 | 2.1 |
| 35–54 | 97 | 48.5 | 30 | 30.9 | 59 | 60.8 | 8 | 8.2 |
| ≥55 | 55 | 27.5 | 22 | 40.0 | 19 | 34.5 | 14 | 26.4 |
| Occupation | ||||||||
| Others | 59 | 29.5 | 24 | 40.7 | 31 | 52.5 | 3 | 5.1 |
| Farmer | 115 | 57.5 | 44 | 38.6 | 50 | 43.9 | 20 | 17.5 |
| Worker | 26 | 13.0 | 12 | 46.2 | 14 | 53.8 | 0 | 0 |
| Residence | ||||||||
| Rural | 116 | 58.0 | 51 | 44.3 | 46 | 40.0 | 18 | 15.7 |
| Urban | 84 | 42.0 | 29 | 34.9 | 49 | 59.0 | 5 | 6.0 |
| Category | ||||||||
| Migrant | 25 | 12.5 | 9 | 36.0 | 15 | 60.0 | 1 | 4.0 |
| Resident | 175 | 87.5 | 71 | 41.0 | 80 | 46.2 | 22 | 12.7 |
| Type of patient | ||||||||
| Previously treated | 152 | 76.0 | 60 | 40.0 | 71 | 47.3 | 19 | 12.7 |
| New | 48 | 24.0 | 20 | 41.7 | 24 | 50.0 | 4 | 8.3 |
| Lung cavitation | ||||||||
| No | 119 | 59.5 | 54 | 45.4 | 54 | 45.4 | 11 | 9.2 |
| Yes | 81 | 40.5 | 26 | 32.9 | 41 | 51.9 | 12 | 15.2 |
| Diabetes mellitus | ||||||||
| No | 189 | 94.5 | 74 | 39.4 | 93 | 49.5 | 21 | 11.2 |
| Yes | 11 | 5.5 | 6 | 60.0 | 2 | 20.0 | 2 | 20.0 |
| Diagnosis delay (days) | ||||||||
| Above mean | 42 | 21.0 | 15 | 35.7 | 21 | 50.0 | 6 | 14.3 |
| Below mean | 158 | 79.0 | 65 | 41.1 | 74 | 46.8 | 17 | 10.8 |
| Drug susceptibility | ||||||||
| MDR/RR-TB | 103 | 51.5 | 41 | 39.8 | 53 | 51.5 | 9 | 8.7 |
| Pre-XDR-TB | 92 | 46.0 | 37 | 41.1 | 39 | 43.3 | 14 | 15.6 |
| XDR-TB | 5 | 2.5 | 2 | 40.0 | 3 | 60.0 | 0 | 0 |
| History of treatments | ||||||||
| No drugs | 15 | 7.5 | 10 | 66.7 | 4 | 26.7 | 1 | 6.7 |
| First-line drugs only | 127 | 63.5 | 53 | 42.1 | 57 | 45.2 | 16 | 12.7 |
| Second-line drugs | 58 | 29.0 | 17 | 29.8 | 34 | 59.6 | 6 | 10.5 |