Few studies have evaluated risk factors for TB treatment default in HIV-infected patients.
Univariate logistic regression analysis was performed to identify significant factors associated with treatment default.
This study was therefore designed to assess factors associated with TB treatment default and completion at the hospital.
Similarly, treatment default was higher within the immigrant population.
The public health and clinical consequences of TB treatment default are severe.
Treatment default was also more frequent among the immigrant population, though it was not considered high (8.4%).
Factors that might be expected to have a potential impact on treatment success, death or treatment failure, and treatment default are shown by univariate analysis in Table 5.
Though earlier studies have addressed the issue of treatment default [11] [13] this study takes into consideration the diversities within the country as well.
This study, however, represents a starting point from where the RNTCP can begin to comprehensively seek to understand and reduce treatment default.
Four non-indigenous patients presented treatment default.
Outcome measures were antituberculosis treatment default and time to treatment default.
