Effect of Isoniazid Preventive Therapy on the Incidence of Tuberculosis among Seropositive Children Attending HIV/AIDS Care in Two General Hospitals, Northwest Ethiopia, 2021

<table class="table-group" id="tab3"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="5"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">IPT status</td><td class="align_center">Numbers (%)</td><td class="align_center">New TB case</td><td class="align_center">No. of risk observations (years)</td><td class="align_center">TB incidence per 100 PY (95% CI)</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="5"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Ever given</td><td class="align_center">253 (60.10)</td><td class="align_center">7</td><td class="align_center">6350.47</td><td class="align_center">1.24 (1.15–3.14)</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Missed</td><td class="align_center">168 (39.9)</td><td class="align_center">45</td><td class="align_center">4061.68</td><td class="align_center">11.12 (8.2–14.8)</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Overall</td><td class="align_center">—</td><td class="align_center">52</td><td class="align_center">10412.15</td><td class="align_center">4.99 (3.8–6.64)</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="5"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<div>Incidence rate of TB per 100 person-years for IPT and non-IPT groups in two general hospitals since 2015–2020 (<i>N</i> = 421).</div>

Journal of Tropical Medicine

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Table 3: Effect of Isoniazid Preventive Therapy on the Incidence of Tuberculosis among Seropositive Children Attending HIV/AIDS Care in Two General Hospitals, Northwest Ethiopia, 2021 

Table 3 | Effect of Isoniazid Preventive Therapy on the Incidence of Tuberculosis among Seropositive Children Attending HIV/AIDS Care in Two General Hospitals, Northwest Ethiopia, 2021 