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Table 3 Trend in treatment regimens for the different categories of patients (n = 19970).*

From: DOTS improves treatment outcomes and service coverage for tuberculosis in South Ethiopia: a retrospective trend analysis

Category

1994 n (%)

1995 n (%)

1996 n (%)

1997 n (%)

1998 n (%)

1999 n (%)

2000 n (%)

2001 n (%)

All TB cases

1106

2201

2895

2742

3388

3253

2435

1950

SCC

73 (7)

311 (14)

288(10)

471 (17)

927 (27)

1881 (58)

2085 (86)

1883 (97)

LCC

1011 (91)

1684 (77)

2360 (82)

2097 (77)

2292 (68)

1302 (40)

304 (12)

20 (1)

No record

22 (2)

206 (9)

247 (8)

174 (6)

169 (5)

70 (2)

46 (2)

47 (2)

New PTB+

512

1025

1162

946

1277

1510

1267

858

SCC

9 (2)

111 (11)

94 (8)

232 (24)

537 (42)

1170 (78)

1187 (94)

837 (97)

LCC

496 (97)

780 (76)

938 (81)

611 (65)

660 (52)

321 (21)

68 (5)

7 (1)

No record

7 (1)

134 (13)

130 (11)

103 (11)

80 (6)

19(1)

12 (1)

14 (2)

New PTB-

258

385

402

382

807

772

487

393

SCC

12 (5)

66 (17)

90 (22)

109 (28)

225 (28)

395 (51)

402 (83)

379 (96)

LCC

242 (94)

286 (74)

248 (62)

251 (66)

543 (67)

362 (47)

73 (15)

-

No record

4 (1)

33 (9)

64 (16)

22 (6)

39 (5)

15 (2)

12 (2)

14 (4)

New EPTB

257

668

1177

1176

1124

721

528

570

SCC

19 (8)

73 (11)

57 (5)

70 (6)

97 (9)

197 (27)

385 (73)

559 (98)

LCC

232 (90)

565 (85)

1081 (92)

1067 (91)

993 (88)

513 (71)

138 (26)

6 (1)

No record

6 (2)

30 (4)

39 (3)

39 (3)

34 (3)

11 (2)

5 (1)

5 (1)

Relapse

8

13

21

29

15

19

19

15

SCC

2 (25)

10 (77)

12 (57)

21 (72)

13 (87)

17 (90)

19 (100)

14 (93)

LCC

4 (50)

2 (15)

9 (43)

6 (21)

2 (13)

2 (10)

-

-

No record

2 (2)

1 (8)

-

2 (7)

-

-

-

1 (7)

After default

35

56

27

45

33

25

21

31

SCC

5 (14)

14 (25)

15 (56)

20 (45)

15 (46)

21 (84)

17 (81)

30 (97)

LCC

30 (86)

39 (70)

11(41)

23 (51)

18 (54)

4 (16)

4 (19)

-

No record

-

3 (5)

1 (3)

2 (4)

-

-

-

1 (3)

After failure

28

38

17

17

13

19

8

2

SCC

26 (93)

35 (92)

15 (88)

13 (77)

11 (85)

14 (74)

8 (100)

2 (100)

LCC

2 (7)

3 (8)

2 (12)

4 (23)

2 (15)

5 (26)

-

-

No record

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Transferred in

6

3

65

131

89

120

86

57

SCC

-

-

3 (5)

3 (2)

22 (25)

43 (36)

53 (62)

38 (67)

LCC

5 (83)

2 (67)

55 (84)

124 (95)

58 (65)

57 (47)

19 (22)

7 (12)

No record

1 (17)

1 (33)

7 (11)

4 (3)

9 (10)

20 (17)

14 (16)

12 (21)

Missing info

2

13

17

10

20

46

13

29

SCC

-

2 (15)

1 (5)

3 (30)

3 (15)

11 (24)

9 (69)

29 (100)

LCC

-

7 (54)

12 (71)

6 (60)

11 (55)

30 (65)

2 (16)

-

No record

2

4 (31)

4 (24)

1 (10)

6 (30)

5 (11)

2 (15)

-

  1. * Percentages are out of the total cases registered in the same category during the year.
  2. PTB+ = smear-positive pulmonary tuberculosis; PTB- = smear-negative pulmonary tuberculosis; EPTB = extra-pulmonary tuberculosis
  3. SCC = short course chemotherapy (2 months on RHZ+/- E or S, followed by 6 months on EH or RH)
  4. LCC = long course chemotherapy (2 months on EH +/- S, followed by 10 months on EH; TH had also been used as an alternative to EH until its recent withdrawal).
  5. R = Rifampicin,; H = Isoniazid; Z = Pyrazinamide; E = Ethambutol; S = Streptomycin; T = Thioacetazone.