Outcome of pulmonary tuberculosis treatment in the tertiary care setting — Toronto 1992/93
| Table 2: Treatment outcome by subgroup | ||||||
| Outcome | Group; no. (and %) of patients | |||||
| All patients | Born outside Canada | HIV positive | ||||
| Completed treatment | 84 | (58) | 62 | (61) | 6 | (27) |
| Transferred | 14 | (10) | 10 | (10) | 3 | (14) |
| Died | 25 | (17) | 17 | (17) | 5 | (23) |
| Defaulted* | 22 | (15) | 13 | (13) | 8 | (36) |
| *Record of defaulting in patient chart with no record of treatment completion elsewhere (e.g., health unit chart), or patient was still receiving treatment more than 15 months after diagnosis of TB. | ||||||
