Table 1 Frequency of retreatment TB patients’ characteristics and their distribution by type of retreatment cases registered at the eleven RRHs, 2010 (n = 730 cases)
Characteristic | All retreatment cases | Type of retreatment cases | P-value* | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Classical TB retreatment cases; | TB retreatment ‘others’; | |||
n (%) | n = 398 (%) | n = 332 (%) | ||
Sex | ||||
Male | 523 (71.6) | 308 (77.4) | 215 (64.8) | <0.001 |
Female | 207 (28.4) | 90 (22.6) | 117 (35.2) | |
Age (years)a | ||||
<15 | 39 (5.4) | 3 (0.8) | 36 (10.8) | <0.001 |
15-44 | 509 (69.8) | 293 (73.8) | 216 (65.1) | |
>44 | 181 (24.8) | 101 (25.4) | 80 (24.1) | |
Anatomical site | ||||
Pulmonary | 689 (94.4) | 398 (100.0) | 291 (87.7) | <0.001 |
Extrapulmonary | 41 (5.6) | 0 (0.0) | 41 (12.3) | |
Disease classification | ||||
Sputum smear-positive | 400 (54.8) | 398 (100.0) | 2 (0.6) | <0.001 |
Sputum smear-negative | 267 (36.6) | 0 (0.0) | 267 (80.4) | |
No smear done | 22 (3.0) | 0 (0.0) | 22 (6.6) | |
Extrapulmonary | 41 (5.6) | 0 (0.0) | 41 (12.4) | |
HIV status | ||||
Negative | 266 (36.4) | 174 (43.7) | 92 (27.7) | <0.001 |
Positive | 424 (58.1) | 200 (50.3) | 224 (67.5) | |
Unknown | 40 (5.5) | 24 (6.0) | 16 (4.8) | |
Retreatment sub-category | ||||
Sputum smear-positive relapse | 196 (26.9) | 196 (49.3) | 0 (0.0) | <0.001 |
Sputum smear-positive failure | 44 (6.0) | 44 (11.1) | 0 (0.0) | |
Sputum smear-positive return after LTFU | 158 (21.6) | 158 (39.7) | 0 (0.0) | |
Retreatment ‘others’ | 332 (45.5) | 0 (0.0) | 332 (100.0) | |
Treatment regimen | ||||
Retreatment: 2SRHZE/1RHZE/5RHE | 582 (79.7) | 378 (95.0) | 204 (61.5) | <0.001 |
New: 2RHZE/6EH or 2RHZ/4RH | 116 (15.9) | 19 (4.8) | 97 (29.2) | |
Other regimenb | 32 (4.4) | 1 (0.2) | 31 (9.3) | |