Table 6– Treatment outcomes in 29 patients
XDRPre-XDR-TBp-valueTotal
Cured5 (31.2)4 (30.8)0.707#9 (31.0)
Still on treatment7 (43.7)5 (38.5)0.77412 (41.4)
Failed02 (15.4)0.192+2 (6.8)
Default2 (12.5)1 (7.7)0.849#3 (10.3)
Died2 (12.5)1 (7.7)0.849#3 (10.3)
Total16 (100)13 (100)29 (100)
  • Data are presented as n (%), unless otherwise stated. XDR: extremely drug resistant; TB: tuberculosis; pre-XDR-TB: multidrug resistant-TB plus quinolone resistance without resistance against injectables. #: Yates’ correction applied; : all patients completed >12 months of treatment and, to date, are persistently culture negative; +: Fisher's exact test applied.