Table 1 Socio-demographic and clinical characteristics of DR-TB patients initiated on treatment under the national TB program in three selected districts of Karnataka during 2015 to 2018, N = 507
Characteristics | Frequency | Percentage* |
|---|---|---|
Age (in years) | ||
0–14 | 2 | 0.3 |
15–24 | 51 | 10.0 |
25–34 | 123 | 24.2 |
35–44 | 116 | 22.8 |
45–54 | 110 | 21.6 |
55–64 | 64 | 12.6 |
≥ 65 | 36 | 7.1 |
Not recorded | 5 | 0.9 |
Gender | ||
Male | 377 | 74.3 |
Female | 129 | 25.4 |
Not recorded | 1 | 0.1 |
District | ||
Dakshina Kannada | 283 | 55.8 |
Udupi | 151 | 29.7 |
Chikamagalur | 73 | 14.3 |
Year (total number of cases) | ||
2015 | 85 | 16.7 |
2016 | 99 | 19.5 |
2017 | 114 | 22.4 |
2018 | 209 | 41.2 |
Type of TB | ||
New | 340 | 67.0 |
Retreatment after loss to follow-up | 43 | 8.4 |
Retreatment after failure | 55 | 10.8 |
Retreatment/relapse | 69 | 13.6 |
DST used for diagnosis | ||
CDST | 30 | 5.9 |
Xpert MTB | 260 | 51.2 |
LPA | 216 | 42.6 |
Not recorded | 1 | 0.1 |
HIV status | ||
Positive | 18 | 3.5 |
Negative | 346 | 68.2 |
Unknown | 4 | 0.7 |
Not recorded | 139 | 27.4 |
ART status (N = 18) | ||
On ART | 17 | 94.4 |
Not on ART | 1 | 5.6 |