Treatment outcome of tuberculosis patients at enfraz health center, northwest ethiopia: a five-year retrospective study

Mengistu Endris; Feleke Moges; Yeshambel Belyhun; Eleni Woldehana; Ahmed Esmael; Chandrashekhar Unakal

doi:10.1155/2014/726193

Treatment outcome of tuberculosis patients at enfraz health center, northwest ethiopia: a five-year retrospective study

Tuberc Res Treat. 2014:2014:726193. doi: 10.1155/2014/726193. Epub 2014 May 5.

Authors

Mengistu Endris¹, Feleke Moges¹, Yeshambel Belyhun², Eleni Woldehana³, Ahmed Esmael⁴, Chandrashekhar Unakal¹

Affiliations

¹ School of Biomedical and Laboratory Sciences, University of Gondar, P.O. Box 196, Gondar, Ethiopia.
² School of Biomedical and Laboratory Sciences, University of Gondar, P.O. Box 196, Gondar, Ethiopia ; Institute of Virology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.
³ Enfranz Health Center, Enfranz, Ethiopia.
⁴ Department of Microbiology, Immunology & Parasitology, Debre Markos University, Debre Marqos, Ethiopia.

Abstract

Objectives. The aim of this study was to assess treatment outcome and associated risk factors among TB patients registered for anti-TB treatment at Enfraz health center, northwest Ethiopia. Methods. A five-year retrospective data (2007-2011) of tuberculosis patients (n = 417) registered for anti-TB treatment at Enfraz health center, northwest Ethiopia, were reviewed. Tuberculosis outcomes were following the WHO guidelines. Data were entered and analyzed using SPSS version 20. Results. Among 417 study participants, 95 (22.8%), 141 (33.8%), and 181 (43.4%) were smear-positive, smear-negative, and extrapulmonary tuberculosis patients, respectively. Of the 417 study participants, 206 (49.4%) were tested for HIV. The TB-HIV coinfection was 24/206 (11.7%). Seventeen study participants (4.2%) were transferred to other health facilities. Among the 400 study participants, 379 (94.8%) had successful treatment outcome (302 treatment completed and 77 cured). The overall death, default, and failure rates were 3.4%, 0.5%, and 1.2%, respectively. There was no significant association between sex, age, residence, type of TB, HIV status, and successful TB treatment outcome. Conclusion. Treatment outcome of patients who attended their anti-TB treatment at Enfraz health center was successful. Therefore, this treatment success rate should be maintained and strengthened to achieve the millennium development goal.