title: Treatment outcome of tuberculosis patients at enfraz health center, northwest ethiopia: a five-year retrospective study.
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.
authors.affiliation: School of Biomedical and Laboratory Sciences, University of Gondar, P.O. Box 196, Gondar, Ethiopia.
authors.forename: Mengistu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Endris
authors.affiliation: School of Biomedical and Laboratory Sciences, University of Gondar, P.O. Box 196, Gondar, Ethiopia.
authors.forename: Feleke
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Moges
authors.affiliation: 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.
authors.forename: Yeshambel
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Belyhun
authors.affiliation: Enfranz Health Center, Enfranz, Ethiopia.
authors.forename: Eleni
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Woldehana
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Immunology & Parasitology, Debre Markos University, Debre Marqos, Ethiopia.
authors.forename: Ahmed
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Esmael
authors.affiliation: School of Biomedical and Laboratory Sciences, University of Gondar, P.O. Box 196, Gondar, Ethiopia.
authors.forename: Chandrashekhar
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Unakal