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Table 1 Previous first-line antituberculosis treatment status among previously treated tuberculosis patients at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital Chest Clinic, Accra

From: A cross-sectional study of tuberculosis drug resistance among previously treated patients in a tertiary hospital in Accra, Ghana: public health implications of standardized regimens

Treatment status

In study

(N = 112*)

Excluded

(N = 43)

Prior Cat I therapy

 Failure or Relapse after prior therapy

80 (71.4%)

35 (81.4%)

 Default of prior therapy

1 (0.9%)

2 (4.5%)

 AFB smear-positive after 2 months of therapy

8 (7.1%)

2 (4.5%)

 Smear-positive after 1 month of therapy

2 (1.8%)

0 (0.0%)

Prior Cat II therapy

 AFB smear-positive after 5 months of therapy

14 (13.3%)

4 (9.1%)

  1. *Treatment classification data was missing for 7 patients