Table 4 Numbers (proportions) of patients treated in the most recent calendar period (2006-2008) that started antiretroviral therapy (ART) within the first 2, 4, 6 or 8 weeks or after more than 8 weeks of TB treatment.
Duration of TB treatment prior to starting ART | Patients referred from TB clinics | Patients with TB diagnosed in ART clinic | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
All patients (n = 171) | Patients with CD4 < 50 (n = 45) | All patients (n = 68) | Patients with CD4 < 50 (n = 22) | |
n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | |
< 2 weeks | 1 (0.6) | 1 (2.2) | 6 (8.8) | 3 (13.6) |
< 4 weeks | 6 (3.5) | 5 (11.1) | 25 (36.8) | 12 (54.5) |
< 6 weeks | 31 (18.1) | 20 (44.4) | 36 (52.9) | 18 (81.8) |
< 8 weeks | 62 (36.3) | 31 (68.9) | 43 (63.2) | 20 (90.9) |
< 12 weeks | 98 (57.3) | 38 (84.4) | 54 (79.4) | 21 (95.5) |
More than 12 weeks | 73 (42.7) | 7 (15.6) | 14 (20.6) | 1 (4.5) |