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Table 3 Treatment outcomes among patients with TB only compared to TB/HIV co-infected patients

From: The burden of HIV on Tuberculosis patients in the Volta region of Ghana from 2012 to 2015: implication for Tuberculosis control

Type of patient

Successful

Unsuccessful

Total evaluated N (%)

Cured +completed n (%)

Died n (%)

Defaulted n (%)

Treatment Failure n (%)

TB only

1096 (89.9)

77 (6.3)

21 (1.7)

25 (2.1)

1219 (77.9)

TB/HIV

208 (77.0)

50 (18.5)

9 (3.3)

3 (1.1)

270 (22.1)

Total

1304 (87.6)

127 (8.5)

30 (2.0)

28 (1.2)

1489 (100)

  1. p < 0.001