Characteristics and Treatment Outcomes of Retreatment Tuberculosis Patients in Benin
Table 2
Demographic characteristics and HIV status of new pulmonary bacteriologically confirmed and retreatment tuberculosis patients, Benin, 2013.
NPBCT
Retreatment TB
value
Total
3129
241
Sex
Male
2063 (65.9)
175 (72)
0.04
Female
1066 (34.1)
67 (28)
0.04
Age (years)
00–24
600 (19.2)
21 (8.7)
0.00005
25–44
1705 (54.5)
136 (56.6)
0.55
45–64
676 (21.6)
70 (28.9)
0.007
65 and above
148 (4.7)
14 (5.8)
0.43
Region
Atacora-Donga
199 (6.4)
14 (5.8)
0.72
Borgou-Alibori
231 (7.4)
13 (5.4)
0.24
Zou-Collines
416 (13.3)
33 (13.7)
0.86
Mono-Couffo
486 (15.5)
29 (12)
0.14
Oueme-Plateau
708 (22.6)
47 (19.5)
0.26
Atlantique-Littoral
1089 (34.8)
105 (43.6)
0.006
HIV status
HIV positive
396 (13.5)
43 (18.2)
0.04
HIV negative
—
193 (82)
—
Unknown
—
5 (2.4)
—
Note: NPBCT: new pulmonary bacteriologically confirmed tuberculosis. TB: tuberculosis. Of the 2934 new pulmonary bacteriologically confirmed tuberculosis patients who underwent the HIV test, 396 were found positive. Of the 236 retreatment tuberculosis patients who underwent the HIV test, 43 were found positive.
