Treatment outcomes for isoniazid-resistant tuberculosis under program conditions in British Columbia, Canada

BMC Infectious Diseases

Table 4 Clinical treatment outcomes

Treatment outcomes	Total patients (n = 165)
End of treatment outcomes (n, %)
Treatment success at end of treatment	144 (87.3)
Treatment non-completion	13 (7.8)
Death	6 (3.6)
Failure	2 (1.2)
Treatment outcomes in follow-up (n,%)
Relapse	4 (2.4)
Acquired drug resistance	0 (0)
Primary study outcomes
Successful outcome^a	140 (84.8%)
Microbiologically confirmed unsuccessful outcome^b	12 (7.2%)

^aA successful outcome included patients meeting the definition of Cure or Treatment Completed without Relapse
^bAn unsuccessful outcome included patients meeting the definition of Treatment Failure, Acquire Drug Resistance, Death, or Relapse

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