Challenges in detection and treatment of multidrug resistant tuberculosis patients in Vietnam

BMC Public Health

Table 3 Presumptive MDR-TB patients estimated and tested by risk category in the whole country and in 35 PMDT provinces of Vietnam 2013

Presumptive category		Estimate number for whole country^a	Estimate number for PMDT areas only	Number of Xpert tests performed	% tested in PMDT areas
Retreatment	Failure^b	593	519	711	ND
	Relapse	7,059	5,673	2,641	46.6 %
	Defaulters	472	376	129	34.3 %
	Other	739	662	210	31.7 %
Non-converters at 2 and 3 months	New	2,713	2,214	290	13.1 %
Non-converters at 2 and 3 months	Retreatment	586	482	413	85.7 %
MDR contacts		402	402	249	62.0 %
TB/HIV		3,828	3,224	340	10.5 %
>1 month using TB drugs		1,773	1,446	685	47.4 %
Total MDR-TB suspects		18,165	14,998	5,668	37.8 %

^aThe denominator is the number of presumptive by categories that need to be tested
^bFailure is defined as sputum smear positive at 5 months or later during treatment, so one failure case could receive one or 2 tests (at 5 and/or 7 months). ND: not done as failure cases can be tested on multiple occasions

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