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Table 6 Treatment outcomes across the years for new cases of tuberculosis

From: DOTS improves treatment outcomes and service coverage for tuberculosis in South Ethiopia: a retrospective trend analysis

 

1994 n (%)

1995 n (%)

1996 n (%)

1997 n (%)

1998 n (%)

1999 n (%)

2000 n (%)

PTB+ on SCC

       

   Treatment success

5 (42)

40 (34)

45 (38)

122 (47)

338 (60)

811 (69)

805 (74)

   Default*

5 (42)

61 (51)

50 (42)

77 (30)

114 (20)

225 (19)

194 (17)

   Failure

-

3 (3)

2 (2)

2 (1)

-

8 (1)

10 (1)

   Death

-

4 (3)

2 (2)

10 (4)

24 (4)

44 (4)

33 (3)

   Transferred out

2 (17)

11 (9)

20 (17)

46 (18)

89 (16)

88 (7)

50 (5)

PTB+ on LCC

       

   Treatment success

188 (38)

384 (48)

564 (56)

271 (45)

308 (52)

231 (72)

40 (68)

   Default*

190 (38)

298 (38)

304 (30)

246 (40)

240 (40)

72 (22)

15 (25)

   Failure

23 (5)

18 (2)

8 (1)

8 (1)

6 (1)

3 (1)

-

   Death

17 (3)

21 (3)

18 (2)

20 (3)

19 (3)

9 (3)

3 (5)

   Transferred out

78 (16)

71 (9)

107 (11)

63 (10)

24 (4)

6 (2)

1 (2)

PTB- on SCC

       

   Treatment success

1 (8)

15 (23)

18 (20)

32 (29)

67 (30)

153 (39)

189 (47)

   Default*

8 (67)

40 (60)

67 (74)

55 (50)

85 (38)

116 (29)

112 (28)

   Death

1 (8)

6 (9)

2 (2)

10 (9)

8 (4)

25 (6)

20 (5)

   Transferred out

2 (17)

5 (8)

3 (3)

12 (11)

65 (29)

101 (26)

81 (20)

PTB- on LCC

       

   Treatment success

107 (44)

88 (31)

84 (34)

78 (31)

199 (37)

182 (50)

34 (47)

   Default*

101 (42)

163 (57)

127 (51)

141 (57)

280 (51)

135 (37)

25 (34)

   Death

4 (2)

5 (2)

6 (2)

5 (2)

16 (3)

20 (6)

1 (1)

   Transferred out

30 (12)

30 (11)

31 (13)

27 (11)

48 (9)

25 (7)

13 (18)

EPTB on SCC

       

   Treatment success

4 (21)

19 (26)

25 (44)

29 (32)

43 (44)

101 (51)

215 (56)

   Default*

11 (58)

43 (59)

29 (51)

30 (33)

29 (30)

68 (35)

110 (28)

   Death

2 (11)

6 (8)

1 (2)

3 (4)

1 (1)

4 (2)

7 (2)

   Transferred out

2 (11)

5 (7)

2 (4)

28(31)

24 (25)

24 (12)

53 (14)

EPTB on LCC

       

   Treatment success

80 (35)

274 (49)

559 (52)

387 (36)

341 (34)

222 (43)

69 (50)

   Default*

122 (52)

203 (36)

321 (30)

412 (39)

553 (56)

253 (49)

58 (42)

   Death

2 (1)

3 (1)

3 (0.3)

7 (1)

8 (1)

14 (3)

-

   Transferred out

28 (12)

85 (15)

198 (18)

260 (24)

91 (9)

24 (5)

11 (8)

  1. * Patients with missing information on treatment outcome were assumed to have defaulted and analysed as defaulters.
  2. PTB+ = smear positive pulmonary tuberculosis; PTB- = smear negative pulmonary tuberculosis; EPTB = extra-pulmonary tuberculosis
  3. SCC = short course chemotherapy (2 months on RHZ+/- E or S, followed by 6 months on EH or RH)
  4. LCC = long course chemotherapy (2 months on EH +/-S, followed by 10 months on EH; TH had also been used as an alternative to EH until its recent withdrawal).
  5. R = Rifampicin,; H = Isoniazid; Z = Pyrazinamide; E = Ethambutol; S = Streptomycin; T = Thioacetazone.
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