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Table 5 Treatment outcome at end of initial ATT

From: Efficacy and safety of thrice weekly DOTS in tuberculosis patients with and without HIV co-infection: an observational study

TREATMENT OUTCOME number (percent)

HIV + (n = 150)

HIV- (n = 155)

P-value

Treatment success +

115 (76.7)

145 (93.5)

<0.001

Treatment completed

85 (56.7)

45 (29.0)

 

Cure

30 (20.0)

100 (64.5)

 

Treatment failure

8 (5.3)

4 (2.6)

0.16

Default

4 (2.7)

0

 

Lost to follow-up

9 (6.0)

4 (2.6)

 

Death

13 (8.7)

2 (1.3)

<0.01

Treatment modified

1 (0.7)

0

 
  1. + Sum of cure and treatment completed.