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Table 3 Treatment outcomes of SM + PTB retreatment cases by subcategory according to drug susceptibility patterns in the Littoral Region, 2009

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

 

Pansusceptible

(n = 165)

n (%)

Monoresistant

(n = 20)

n (%)

Polyresistant

(n = 5)

n (%)

MDR

(n = 26)

n (%)

Total

(n = 216)

Treatment success*

115 (69.7)

16 (80.0)

3 (66.6)

12 (46.2)

146 (67.6)

Treatment failure

2 (1.2)

0

1 (16.7)

11 (42.3)

14 (6.4)

Died

5 (3.0)

0

0

0

5 (2.3)

Defaulted

13 (7.9)

2 (10.0)

0

3 (11.5)

18 (8.3)

Transferred

30 (18.2)

2 (10.0)

1 (16.7)

0

33 (15.3)

  1. *) Treatment success = cured or treatment completed