Tuberculosis Treatment Outcomes and Associated Factors among TB Patients Attending Public Hospitals in Harar Town, Eastern Ethiopia: A Five-Year Retrospective Study

Table 2

Clinical characteristics of TB patients attending public hospitals of Harar town, Eastern Ethiopia, 2017 (n=1236).

Variables	Frequency	Percent
TB clinic
Hiwot Fana SUH	666	53.9
Jugal Hospital	570	46.1
Category of patient
New case	1199	97.0
Re treatment	37	3.0
Types of TB
Pulmonary TB	756	61.2
Extra PTB	480	38.8
Smear result (n=756)
Smear positive	400	52.9
Smear negative	356	47.1
HIV status
HIV positive	282	22.8
HIV negative	954	77.2
ART initiated (n=282)
Yes	250	88.7
No	32	11.3
CPT initiated (n=282)
Yes	258	91.5
No	24	8.5
Smear result after 2 months (n=400)
Positive	10	2.5
Negative	390	97.5
Smear result after 5 month (n= 400)
Positive	7	1.75
Negative	393	98.25
Smear result after 7 months (n=387)
Positive	9	2.3
Negative	378	97.7
Anti-TB Drug on Intensive phase
RHZE	1199	97.0
SERHZ	37	3.0
Anti-TB Drug on continuation phase
RH	1068	86.4
EH	168	13.6