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Treatment outcomes for childhood TB cases, categorized by anatomic site and/or microbiologic characteristics, in Thailand TB active surveillance network, October 2004 to September 2006 |
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| Diagnosis |
Total |
Treatment outcome No. (%) registered |
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| Cured or completed |
Failed |
Died |
Defaulted |
Transferred out |
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| All types of TB |
279 |
200 (72) |
3 (1) |
17 (6) |
39 (14) |
20 (7) |
| Pulmonary |
197 |
144 (73) |
3 (1) |
13 (7) |
26 (13) |
11 (6) |
| Neither smear nor culture Positive |
134 |
99 (74) |
1 (1) |
6 (4) |
19 (14) |
9 (7) |
| Culture or smear positive |
41 |
32 (78) |
1 (2) |
2 (5) |
4 (10) |
2 (5) |
| Smear positive only |
22 |
13 (59) |
1 (4) |
5 (23) |
3 (14) |
0 (0) |
| Lymph node |
42 |
36 (86) |
0 |
2 (5) |
4 (9) |
0 |
| Meningitis |
21 |
8 (38) |
0 |
0 |
6 (29) |
7 (33) |
| Other types of ETB |
19 |
12 (63) |
0 |
2 (10) |
3 (16) |
2 (10) |
Lolekha et al. BMC Infectious Diseases 2008 8:94 doi:10.1186/1471-2334-8-94 |
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