Prevalence of Treatment Failure among Pulmonary Tuberculosis Patients in Federal Medical Centre, Gombe, Northeastern Nigeria

Table 3

Age distribution of AFB positive patients at entry and positive HIV serology.

Age group (years)	AFB +ve	HIV +ve
15−24	12	5
25−34	42	13
35−44	36	15
45−54	9	3
55−64	8	4
65−74	6	1
≥75	2	0
Total	115	41

AFB +ve: acid fast bacilli positive; HIV +ve: human immunodeficiency virus positive.