Volume 12, Number 9—September 2006
Research
Multidrug-resistant Tuberculosis Management in Resource-limited Settings
Table 5
Treatment outcomes of new, previously treated, and all multidrug-resistant tuberculosis patients
Patients |
Estonia, n (%) |
Latvia, n (%) |
Lima, n (%) |
Manila, n (%) |
Tomsk, n (%) |
Total, n (%) |
New patients | ||||||
Cured | 16 (72.7) | 72 (79.1) | 0 | 1 (20.0) | 0 | 89 (74.8) |
Completed | 1 (4.5) | 1 (1.1) | 0 | 1 (20.0) | 0 | 3 (2.5) |
Default | 3 (13.6) | 13 (14.3) | 0 | 2 (40.0) | 0 | 18 (15.1) |
Failed | 1 (4.5) | 4 (4.4) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 (4.2) |
Died | 1 (4.5) | 1 (1.1) | 1 (100.0) | 1 (20.0) | 0 | 4 (3.4) |
Transferred | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 22 (100.0) | 91 (100.0) | 1 (100.0) | 5 (100.0) | 0 | 119 (100.0) |
Treatment success | 17 (77.3) | 73 (80.2) | 0 | 2 (40.0) | 0 | 92 (77.3) |
Previously treated patients | ||||||
Cured | 12 (50.0) | 93 (60.4) | 351 (69.2) | 60 (60.0) | 118 (82.5) | 634 (68.3) |
Completed | 1 (4.2) | 2 (1.3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 (0.3) |
Default | 4 (16.7) | 27 (17.5) | 40 (7.9) | 12 (12.0) | 9 (6.3) | 92 (9.9) |
Failed | 3 (12.5) | 24 (15.6) | 17 (3.4) | 12 (12.0) | 9 (6.3) | 65 (7.0) |
Died | 4 (16.7) | 8 (5.2) | 98 (19.3) | 15 (15.0) | 7 (4.9) | 132 (14.2) |
Transferred | 0 | 0 | 1 (0.2) | 1 (1.0) | 0 | 2 (0.2) |
Total | 24 (100.0) | 154 (100.0) | 507 (100.0) | 100 (100.0) | 143 (100.0) | 928 (100.0) |
Treatment success | 13 (54.2) | 95 (61.7) | 351 (69.2) | 60 (60.0) | 118 (82.5) | 637 (68.6) |
All patients | ||||||
Cured | 28 (60.9) | 165 (67.3) | 351 (69.1) | 61 (58.2) | 118 (82.5) | 723 (69.1) |
Completed | 2 (4.3) | 3 (1.2) | 0 | 1 (1.0) | 0 | 6 (0.6) |
Default | 7 (15.2) | 40 (16.3) | 40 (7.9) | 14 (13.3) | 9 (6.3) | 110 (10.5) |
Failed | 4 (8.6) | 28 (11.4) | 17 (3.3) | 12 (11.4) | 9 (6.3) | 70 (6.7) |
Died | 5 (10.9) | 9 (3.7) | 99 (19.5) | 16 (15.2) | 7 (4.9) | 136 (13.0) |
Transferred | 0 | 0 | 1 (0.2) | 1 (1.0) | 0 | 2 (0.2) |
Total | 46 (100.0) | 245 (100.0) | 508 (100.0) | 105 (100.0) | 143 (100.0) | 1047 (100.0) |
Treatment success | 30 (65.2) | 168 (68.6) | 351 (69.1) | 62 (59.0) | 118 (82.5) | 729 (69.6) |