Table 2 Comparison of related treatment variables for patients with Hr-TB or RR-TB
From: Treatment outcomes of retreated patients with isoniazid/rifampicin resistant pulmonary tuberculosis
Variables | H-resistant | R-resistant | χ2 | P | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | % | n | % | |||
number of lesions involving lung fields | 6.077 | 0.014 | ||||
≤ 2 | 19 | 24.1 | 29 | 43.3 | ||
≥ 3 | 60 | 75.9 | 38 | 56.7 | ||
number of lung cavities | 1.503 | 0.472 | ||||
0 | 31 | 38.8 | 33 | 48.5 | ||
1–2 | 39 | 48.7 | 27 | 39.7 | ||
≥ 3 | 10 | 12.5 | 8 | 11.8 | ||
Sputum smear at the end of month 2 | 4.992 | 0.025 | ||||
Negative | 46 | 65.7 | 42 | 85.7 | ||
Positive | 24 | 34.3 | 7 | 14.3 | ||
Sputum culture at the end of month 2 | 0.379 | 0.538 | ||||
Negative | 36 | 61.0 | 27 | 69.2 | ||
Positive | 23 | 39.0 | 12 | 30.8 | ||
Sputum smear at the end of month 6 | 1.109 | 0.292 | ||||
Negative | 51 | 80.9 | 38 | 90.5 | ||
Positive | 12 | 19.1 | 4 | 9.5 | ||
Sputum culture at the end of month 6 | 2.54 | 0.111 | ||||
Negative | 42 | 76.4 | 33 | 91.7 | ||
Positive | 13 | 23.6 | 3 | 8.3 | ||
Treatment outcome | - | 0.166 | ||||
Cure | 41 | 54.7 | 30 | 53.6 | ||
Treatment completed | 8 | 10.7 | 12 | 21.4 | ||
Failure | 17 | 22.7 | 6 | 10.7 | ||
Death | 1 | 1.3 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
Lost | 8 | 10.6 | 8 | 14.3 | ||
Serious adverse reaction | - | 1.000 | ||||
Yes | 2 | 2.7 | 1 | 2.2 | ||
No | 71 | 97.3 | 44 | 97.8 | ||
Chest x-ray change | - | 0.164 | ||||
Abated | 59 | 78.7 | 48 | 88.9 | ||
Unchanged | 14 | 18.7 | 4 | 7.1 | ||
Deteriorated | 2 | 2.6 | 2 | 4.0 | ||