Can Social History Variables Predict Prison Inmates’ Risk for Latent Tuberculosis Infection?

Table 5

Treatment outcomes for inmates at PCI diagnosed with LTBI (𝑛=89).

	LTBI diagnosed upon entrance to current incarceration (𝑛=37)		LTBI diagnosed prior to current incarceration (𝑛=52)		Total (𝑛=89)
	𝑁	(%)	𝑁	(%)	𝑁	(%)
Currently under care or completed treatment	27	(73)	48	(92)	75	(84)
Experienced adverse reaction	3	(8)	1	(2)	4	(5)
Treatment interrupted	2	(5)	1	(2)	3	(3)
HIV tested	36	(97)	47	(90)	83	(93)
HIV positive^a,b	0	(0)	2	(4)	2	(2)

^aThe number of inmates tested for HIV was used as the denominator for percentages.
^bBoth HIV positive inmates received treatment for HIV.
LTBI: latent TB infection; PCI: Pickaway Correctional Institute.