Table 5 Distribution of clinical characteristics of cases of tuberculosis with multimorbidity according to TB treatment outcome status in Brazil, 2011
Characteristics | Cured | Not cured | p value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
n (%) | n (%) | |||
Type of treatment (454) | New case | 265 (71.1) | 108 (28.9) | <0.001* |
Relapse | 18 (54.5) | 15 (45.5) | ||
Return after abandonment | 6 (28.6) | 15 (71.4) | ||
Transferred | 13 (48.1) | 14 (51.9) | ||
TB form (454) | Pulmonary | 250(67.2) | 122 (32.8) | 0.508* |
Extrapulmonary | 47 (65.3) | 25 (34.7) | ||
Pulmonary + extrapulmonary | 5 (50.0) | 5 (50.0) | ||
Tuberculin skin test (58) | Negative | 15 (55.5) | 12 (44.5) | <0.001** |
Positive | 30 (96.8) | 1 (3.2) | ||
X-ray suspicious of TB (384) | No | 17 (53.1) | 15 (46.9) | 0.136* |
Yes | 234 (66.5) | 118 (33.5) | ||
Initial bacilloscopy (377) | Negative | 63 (62.4) | 38 (37.6) | 0.295* |
Positive | 188 (68..1) | 88 (31.9) | ||
Culture (105) | Negative | 17 (54.8) | 14 (45.2) | 0.271* |
Positive | 49 (66.2) | 25 (33.8) | ||
Histopathologic examination (64) | Not suggestive of TB | 0 (0) | 3 (100) | 0.015** |
AFB positive | 8 (42.1) | 11 (57.9) | ||
Suggestive of TB | 28 (66.7) | 14 (33.3) | ||
Under DOTS (377) | No | 112 (62.9) | 66 (37.1) | 0.009* |
Yes | 150 (75.4) | 49 (24.6) | ||
Occupational disease (289) | No | 193 (68.7) | 88 (31.3) | 0.698** |
Yes | 6 (75.0) | 2 (25.0) | ||