Table 2 Comorbidities, clinical features, and treatment outcomes of EPTB and PTB in Brazil, 2007- 2011
From: Epidemiology of extrapulmonary tuberculosis in Brazil: a hierarchical model
Characteristics N* | Categories | EPTB (%) (n = 53,853) | PTB (%) (n = 356,341) | P value** |
|---|---|---|---|---|
HIV/AIDS | Negative | 24,072 (69.2) | 149,526 (83.8) | <0.001 |
(213,336) | Positive | 10,755 (30.8) | 28,983 (16.2) | |
Alcoholism | No | 46,056(91.6) | 249,995 (82.0) | <0.001 |
(355,292) | Yes | 4,236 (8.4) | 55,005 (18.0) | |
Diabetes | No | 48,121 (96.1) | 279,415 (92.9) | <0.001 |
(350,756) | Yes | 1,960 (3.9) | 21,260 (7.1) | |
Mental illness | No | 49,114 (98.1) | 293,039 (97.3) | <0.001 |
(351,236) | Yes | 960 (1.9) | 8,123 (2.7) | |
Other diseases | No | 38,142 (83.8) | 229,706 (84.7) | 0.001 |
(316,784) | Yes | 7,357 (16.2) | 41,579 (15.3) | |
Admission type | New cases | 50,126 (87.6) | 290,431 (81.5) | <0.001 |
(413,559) | Relapse | 2,178 (3.8) | 23,013 (6.5) | |
Readmission after dropout | 1,386(2.4) | 23,191 (6.5) | ||
Unknown | 151 (0.3) | 1,026 (0.3) | ||
Transfer | 3,376 (5.9) | 18,681 (5.2) | ||
TST | Negative | 4,745 (29.3) | 14,461 (28.0) | <0.001 |
(67,942) | Positive | 11,481 (70.7.2) | 37,255 (72.0) | |
AFB smear | Negative | 23,936 (80.0) | 82,602 (26.5) | <0.001 |
(341,807) | Positive | 5,997 (20.0) | 229,272 (73.5) | |
Culture | Negative | 6,775 (59.3) | 22,103 (33.2) | <0.001 |
(78,004) | Positive | 4,648 (40.7) | 44,478 (66.8) | |
Histopathology | Negative | 884 (3.8) | 2,184 (9.9) | <0.001 |
(44,855) | Positive | 21,903(96.2) | 19.884 (90.1) | |
DOT | Not performed | 28,727 (64.7) | 153.811 (51.7) | <0.001 |
(341,831) | Performed | 15,696 (35.3) | 143,597 (48.3) | |
Outcome status | Cure | 30,186(71.5) | 186,428 (70.1) | <0.001 |
(308,112) | Dropout | 3,429 (8.1) | 33,016 (12.4) | |
Death by TB | 1,564 (3.7) | 10,718 (4.0) | ||
Death by other causes | 3,024 (7.2) | 11,046 (4.2) | ||
Transfer | 3,967 (9.4) | 23,566 (8.9) | ||
MDR-TB | 28 (0.1) | 1,140 (0.4) |