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Table 4 Trends in the follow-up smear results for new smear positive pulmonary tuberculosis

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

 

2nd month

5th month

End of treatment

 

Examined for AFB (% total)

sm+

Examined for AFB (% total)

Sm+

Examined for AFB (% total)

sm+

Cases on SCC

      

1994

6 (67)

0

5 (56)

0

3 (33)

0

1995

79 (71)

18 (23%)

53 (48)

4 (8%)

33 (30)

0

1996

68 (72)

15 (22%)

38 (40)

2 (5%)

25 (27)

0

1997

155 (67)

14 (9%)

94 (41)

0

74 (32)

2 (3%)

1998

342 (64)

24 (7%)

183 (34)

0

140 (26)

0

1999

824 (70)

52 (6%)

411 (35)

7 (2%)

365 (31)

2 (0.5%)

2000

817 (69)

43 (5%)

439 (37)

9(2%)

316 (27)

2 (1%)

2001§

527 (63)

13 (3%)

171 (20)

1 (0.6%)

121 (14)

0

Cases on LCC

      

1994

330 (66)

45 (14%)

154 (31)

19 (12%)

86 (18)

5 (6%)

1995

508 (65)

75 (15%)

354 (45)

15 (4%)

179 (23)

4 (2%)

1996

564 (60)

59 (11%)

385 (41)

7 (2%)

223 (24)

4 (2%)

1997

302 (49)

15 (5%)

188 (31)

5 (3%)

86 (14)

3 (4%)

1998

263 (40)

19 (7%)

127 (19)

7 (6%)

80 (12)

2 (3%)

1999

182 (57)

7 (4%)

86 (27)

1 (1%)

68 (21)

2 (3%)

2000

46 (68)

1 (2%)

9 (13)

0

4 (6)

0

2001§

2 (29)

1

2 (29)

0

1 (14)

0

Unknown regimen

      

1994

0

0

2 (29)

1

2 (29)

0

1995

9 (7)

0

4 (3)

0

3 (2)

0

1996

25 (19)

0

9 (7)

0

3 (2)

0

1997

23 (22)

0

11 (11)

0

3 (3)

0

1998

27 (34)

0

19 (24)

0

5 (6)

0

1999

4 (21)

0

1 (5)

0

1 (5)

0

2000

4 (33)

0

1 (8)

0

0

0

2001§

5 (36)

0

17)

0

2 (14)

0

  1. sm+ = sputum smear positive for acid-fast bacilli out of examined.
  2. SCC = short course chemotherapy; LCC = long course chemotherapy; AFB = acid-fast bacilli.
  3. §Follow-up smears for the 5th month and end of treatment were not complete for the year 2001 as a considerable number of patients were still on treatment during the time of data collection.