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Table 2 Evolution of forms of tuberculosis (TB), case definitions, tuberculosis in children, and treatment outcome during 10-year period of study.

From: Childhood and adult tuberculosis in a rural hospital in Southeast Ethiopia: a ten-year retrospective study

 

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

All forms of TB, n

381

310

173

156

171

190

231

224

202

187

   Smear-positive PTB, %

18.6

23.2

31.8

42.9

35.1

31.6

39.4

23.7

28.7

31.6

   Smear-negative PTB, %

53.5

44.2

32.4

18.6

31.0

29.5

25.6

27.9

34.7

35.8

   EPTB, n %

27.8

32.6

35.8

38.5

33.9

38. 9

35.1

38.4

36.6

32.6

Case definitions

          

   New cases, %

95.7

96.4

96.5

95.7

95.6

96.1

93.5

96.0

96.8

94.7

   Relapse, %

0.9

2.2

2.0

3.2

2.2

1.0

2.3

3.5

2.6

3.5

   Transfer in, %

2.6

0.9

1.5

0

1.7

1.8

3.2

0.6

0.6

1.8

   Other, %

0.9

0.4

0

0

0.4

1.0

1.0

0

0

0

Tuberculosis in children, %

61.7

54.5

42.2

32.7

45.0

43.2

43.9

49.6

38.6

28.0

Hospital admission, %

33.9

15.5

20.2

38.5

51.5

54.7

42.4

58.9

46.5

38.5

HIV status

          

   Negative, %

-

-

-

-

0.6

8.9

5.6

10.3

19.3

79.7

   Positive, %

0.5

0.3

0.6

3.2

2.3

1.1

3.0

0.9

2.5

4.8

   Unknown*, %

99.5

99.7

99.4

96.8

97.1

90.0

91.3

88.8

78.2

15.5

Treatment outcome

          

   Cured, %

13.9

15.5

26.6

23.1

17.5

17.4

25.1

17.0

17.8

17.5

   Treatment completed, %

46.7

48.7

59.0

50.6

45.0

52.1

50.6

46.9

52.5

53.0

   Transfer out, %

15.2

17.7

-

5.1

15.2

17.4

8.2

17.9

14.9

21.9

   Death, %

4.3

3.2

2.9

9.0

10.5

5.8

6.5

7.1

5.0

2.7

   Failure, %

-

1.0

0.6

0.6

-

-

-

-

-

-

   Defaulted, %

19.8

13.9

11.0

11.5

11.7

7.4

9.5

11.2

9.9

4.9

  1. * not done; HIV: human immunodeficiency virus; PTB: pulmonary TB; EPTB: extrapulmonary TB