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Table 1 DST coverage of reported SM + PTB RT-cases by subcategory in the Littoral Region, 2009

From: Early results of systematic drug susceptibility testing in pulmonary tuberculosis retreatment cases in Cameroon

SM + PTB RT-cases, by subcategory

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(n = 286)

n (%)

Treatment failure

(n = 23)

n (%)

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(n = 129)

n (%)

Total

(n = 438)

n (%)

Sampled for

culture

204 (71.3)

19 (82.6)

83 (64.3)

299 (68.3)

Positive culture

157 (54.9)

11 (47.8)

69 (53.5)

237 (54.1)

DST result

140 (49.0)

10 (43.5)

66 (51.1)

216 (49.3)