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Table 3 HIV status of patients on treatment for Multi-Drug Resistant Tuberculosis(MDR-TB) at an MDR referral facility in Durban, South Africa

From: The whole is greater than the sum of the parts: Recognising missed opportunities for an optimal response to the rapidly maturing TB-HIV co-epidemic in South Africa

Year

No. of patients admitted

No. of patients with known HIV status(%)

2000

204

134 (65.7%)

2001

266

159 (59.8%)

2002

384

228 (59.4%)

2003

435

224 (51.5%)

  1. P < 0.002 (Chi-square for trend)