Clinical characteristics of patients with tuberculosis (TB) at selected multidrug-resistant TB treatment initiative centres, southern Ethiopia, 2021.
| Variables | Cases N (%) | Controls N (%) |
| History of contact with a TB patient | ||
| Yes | 31 (39.24) | 58 (18.53) |
| No | 48 (60.76) | 255 (81.47) |
| History of previous TB treatment | ||
| Yes | 70 (88.61) | 105 (33.55) |
| No | 9 (11.39) | 208 (66.45) |
| Previous TB treatment outcome | ||
| Failure | 49 (62.03) | 72 (23.00) |
| Completed or cured | 30 (37.97) | 241 (76.00) |
| HIV infection | ||
| Yes | 10 (12.66) | 12 (3.83) |
| No | 69 (87.34) | 301 (96.17) |
| Adverse effect | ||
| Yes | 15 (18.98) | 45 (14.38) |
| No | 64 (81.02) | 268 (85.52) |
| History of hospital admission | ||
| Yes | 33 (41.77) | 80 (25.56) |
| No | 46 (58.23) | 233 (74.44) |