Implementation of isoniazid preventive therapy in southern Lima, Peru: an analysis of health center characteristics

Table 1 Sociodemographic and clinical descriptions of tuberculosis contacts in 46 health facilities of southern Lima, Peru, 2016–2018 (n = 977)

Characteristics	Category	n (%)
Contact age range	Under 5 years old	616 (63)
Contact age range	5 to 19 years	361 (37)
Contact sex	Male	551 (56)
Contact sex	Female	426 (44)
Index patient tuberculosis diagnosis	Pulmonary	925 (95)
Index patient tuberculosis diagnosis	Extrapulmonary	52 (5)
Index patient sputum smear microscopy result	Positive	772 (79)
Index patient sputum smear microscopy result	Negative	205 (21)
Index patient treatment completion^a	Successful	833 (85)
	Not successful	135 (14)
	No information	9 (1)

^aTreatment outcome categories follow standard WHO definitions; successful outcomes include cure and treatment completion, while unsuccessful outcomes include death, loss to follow-up, and treatment failure [17]

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