Table 3 Demographic and microbiological characteristics of TB patients (n: 148) according to 3-month periods during the COVID-19 Pandemic period
Variables | Mar-Apr-May 2020 (1st Period) | June–July-Aug 2020 (2nd Period) | Sep-Oct-Nov2020 (3rd Period) | Dec 2020-Jan-Feb2021 (4th Period) | p* | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n:36 | %a | n:30 | %a | n:42 | %a | n:40 | %a | ||
Patient type | 0.298 | ||||||||
New | 32 | 88.9 | 28 | 93.3 | 42 | 100.0 | 36 | 92.3 | |
Relaps | 4 | 11.1 | 2 | 6.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 7.7 | |
TB site | 0.847 | ||||||||
Pulmonary | 26 | 72.2 | 20 | 66.7 | 32 | 76.2 | 28 | 70.0 | |
Extra-pulmonary | 10 | 27.8 | 10 | 33.3 | 10 | 23.8 | 12 | 30.0 | |
Microscopy (smear) results | 0.003 | ||||||||
Positive | 13 | 50.0 | 14 | 73.7 | 11 | 40.7 | 5 | 19.2 | |
Negative | 13 | 50.0 | 5 | 26.3 | 16 | 59.3 | 21 | 80.8 | |
Culture results | 0.037 | ||||||||
Positive | 25 | 96.5 | 19 | 100.0 | 19 | 76.0 | 18 | 81.8 | |
Negative | 1 | 3.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 24.0 | 4 | 18.2 | |
SARS-CoV-2 PCR test | 0.615 | ||||||||
Tested | 10 | 27.8 | 12 | 40.0 | 18 | 42.9 | 16 | 40.0 | |
No tested | 26 | 72.2 | 18 | 60.0 | 24 | 57.1 | 24 | 60.0 | |
SARS-CoV-2 PCR test | 0.833 | ||||||||
Positive | 1 | 9.1 | 2 | 16.7 | 4 | 22.2 | 3 | 20.0 | |
Negative | 10 | 90.9 | 10 | 83.3 | 14 | 77.8 | 12 | 80.0 | |