Treatment outcomes of adult patients with recurrent tuberculosis in relation to HIV status in Zimbabwe: a retrospective record review

Table 2 TB treatment outcomes for all recurrent TB patients in relation to HIV status, type of TB, sex and age

Variable	Number registered	Treatment Outcomes ^b
		Treatment success n (%)	Death n (%)	Defaulted n (%)	Transfer out n (%)	Treatment failure n (%)
All patients	225	163 (73)	13 (6)	14 (6)	32 (14)	1 (< 1)
HIV status ^a
HIV-negative	21	15 (71)	2 (10)	2 (10)	2 (10)	0 (0)
HIV-not done	64	44 (69)	2 (3)	5 ( 8)	13 (20)	0 (0)
HIV-positive (ART not documented)	115	87 (76)	6 (5)	5 ( 4)	15 (13)	1 (1)
HIV-positive (on ART)	20	14 (70)	2 (10)	2 (10)	1 ( 5)	0 (0)
Type of TB
Relapse TB	103	82 (80)	4 (4)	6 (6)	11 (11)	0 (0)
Treatment after default	32	21 (68)	2 (6)	3 (10)	5 (16)	0 (0)
Retreatment other	90	60 (67)*	7 (8)	5 (6)	16 (18)	1 (1)
Sex
Female	90	68 (76)	5 (6)	6 (7)	10 (11)	0 (0)
Male	135	95 (71)	8 (6)	8 (6)	22 (16)	1 (1)
Age group (in years)
< 25	16	12 (80)	1 (7)	0 (0)	2 (13)	0 (0)
25 - 44	147	108 (74)	6 (4)	11 (8)	21 (14)	0 (0)
45 - 54	39	26 (67)	5 (13)	2 (5)	5 (13)	1 (3)
≥ 55	23	17 (74)	1 (4)	1 (4)	4 (17)	0 (0)

^a 2 patients with unrecorded HIV status and 3 with HIV-indeterminate results have been excluded; ^b 2 patients with unrecorded TB treatment outcomes have been excluded
TB tuberculosis, ART antiretroviral treatment, HIV human immunodeficiency virus
Significant statistical comparisons using multivariate Poisson regression: * p < 0.05 compared with relapse TB

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