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Treatment outcomes and factors affecting unsuccessful outcome among new pulmonary smear positive and negative tuberculosis patients in Anqing, China: a retrospective study

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Title
Treatment outcomes and factors affecting unsuccessful outcome among new pulmonary smear positive and negative tuberculosis patients in Anqing, China: a retrospective study
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BMC Infectious Diseases, March 2018
DOI 10.1186/s12879-018-3019-7
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Yufeng Wen, Zhiping Zhang, Xianxiang Li, Dan Xia, Jun Ma, Yuanyuan Dong, Xinwei Zhang

Abstract

Monitoring the treatment outcomes of tuberculosis and determining the specific factors associated with unsuccessful treatment outcome are essential to evaluate the effectiveness of tuberculosis control program. This study aimed to assess treatment outcomes and explore the factors associated with unsuccessful outcomes among new pulmonary smear positive and negative tuberculosis patients in Anqing, China. A nine-year retrospective study was conducted using data from Anqing Center for Diseases Prevention and Control. New pulmonary tuberculosis patients treated with two six-month regimens were investigated. Non-conditional logistic regression was performed to calculate odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals for factors associated with unsuccessful outcomes. Among 22,998 registered patients (16,939 males, 6059 females), 64.54% were smear-positive patients. The treatment success rates was 95.02% for smear-positive patients and 95.00% for smear-negative patients. Characteristics associated with an higher risk of unsuccessful treatment among smear-positive patients included aged above 35 years, treatment management model of self-medication, full-course management and supervision in intensive phase, unchecked chest X-ray, cavity in chest X-ray, and miliary shadow in chest X-ray, while normal X-ray was negative factor. Unsuccessful treatment among smear-negative patients was significantly associated with age over 45 years, treatment management model of full-course management, unchecked chest X-ray, presence of miliary shadow in chest X-ray and delay over 51 days. Tuberculosis treatment in Anqing area was successful and independent of treatment regimens. Special efforts are required for patients with unsuccessful outcomes.

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 30 19%
Student > Bachelor 17 11%
Researcher 12 8%
Student > Postgraduate 12 8%
Student > Ph. D. Student 9 6%
Other 25 16%
Unknown 53 34%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 43 27%
Nursing and Health Professions 21 13%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 5 3%
Social Sciences 5 3%
Immunology and Microbiology 5 3%
Other 19 12%
Unknown 60 38%
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#17,933,348
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