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Table 2 Trend of treatment outcomes of TB patients from three hospitals, Ethiopian Somali Regional State

From: Do retreatment tuberculosis patients need special treatment response follow-up beyond the standard regimen? Finding of five-year retrospective study in pastoralist setting

Treatment Outcome (n = 1362)

Treatment year

 

September, 2009 to August, 2010 n (%)

September, 2010 to August, 2011 n (%)

September, 2011 to August, 2012 n (%)

September, 2012 to August, 2013 n (%)

September, 2013 to August, 2014 n (%)

Total n (%)

Cured

18 (19.2)

37 (15.4)

64 (21.4)

53 (22.6)

90 (18.2)

262 (19.3)

Completed

68 (72.3)

180 (75.0)

217 (72.6)

165 (70.2)

290 (58.7)

920 (67.5)

Total successful

86 (91.5)

217 (90.4)

281 (94.0)

218 (92.8)

380 (76.9)

1182 (86.8)

Died

5 (5.3)

16 (6.7)

8 (2.7)

12 (5.1)

25 (5.1)

66 (4.8)

Failure

1 (1.1)

1 (0.4)

4 (1.3)

1 (0.4)

3 (0.6)

10 (0.7)

Defaulted

2 (2.1)

6 (2.5)

6 (2.0)

4 (1.7)

86 (17.4)

104 (7.6)

Total unsuccessful

8 (8.5)

23 (9.6)

18 (6.0)

17 (7.2)

114 (23.1)

180(13.2)