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Table 4 Tuberculosis treatment outcomes among PLHIV screened using smear or Xpert MRB/RIF in Botswana

From: Tuberculosis treatment outcomes among people living with HIV diagnosed using Xpert MTB/RIF versus sputum-smear microscopy in Botswana: a stepped-wedge cluster randomised trial

Treatment outcomes

TB patients screened by smear

TB patients screened Xpert MTB/RIF

Adjusted Hazard ratioa

95% CIa

 

n = 57

n = 199

 

Unfavorable outcomeb

10 (21.7%)

21 (13.4%)

1.40

0.75–2.26

Favorable outcomec

36 (78.3%)

136 (86.6%)

  

Subtotal

46

157

  

Transferred out or not evaluated

11

42

  
  1. aadjusted for inter-facility difference, P value = 0.268
  2. bdeath, lost-tofollow-up, treatment failure
  3. ccure, completed treatment
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BMC Infectious Diseases

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