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Table 2 A table showing percentages of adverse events for the MDR-TB patients on second line anti-TB drugs

From: Prevalence and factors associated with reported adverse-events among patients on multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis treatment in two referral hospitals in Uganda

Adverse Events

Mild

Moderate

Severe

Life threatening

Total

Arthralgia

204 (83.6%)

38 (15.57%)

2 (0.8%)

 

(29%) 244/856

Peripheral Neuropathy

22 (75.9%)

6 (20.7%)

1 (3.4%)

 

(3%) 29/856

Gynecomastia

5 (71.4%)

2 (28.6%)

  

(1%) 7/856

Dermatologic

12 (33.3%)

22 (61.1%)

2 (5.5%)

 

(4%) 36/856

Ototoxicity

19 (25.3%)

18 (24%)

24 (32%)

14 (18.7%)

(9%) 75/856

Gastrointestinal

14 (37.8%)

22 (59.4%)

1 (2.7%)

 

(4%) 37/856

Hypothyroidism

 

6 (100%)

  

(1%) 6/856

Hepatotoxicity

 

1 (100%)

  

(0.1%) 1/856

Nausea / Vomiting

17 (29.3%)

37 (63.8%)

4 (6.9%)

 

(7%) 58/856

Psychiatric / psychosis

5 (33.3%)

4 (26.7%)

6 (40%)

 

(2%) 15/856

Vision change

14 (82.3%)

2 (11.8%)

1 (5.8%)

 

(2%) 17/856