Profile and treatment outcomes among young patients with tuberculosis aged 15–24 years in Faridabad district of Haryana, India

OBJECTIVE: This study examined profile and treatment outcomes of young patients with tuberculosis (TB) registered at a district TB centre under the National TB Elimination Programme in Faridabad district of Haryana state in India. METHODS: In this secondary data analysis, we studied the records of young TB patients aged 15–24 years registered under a TB programme during October 2013–December 2017 in Faridabad district of Haryana state. RESULTS: We analysed records of 5257 young patients with TB. Majority (58.7%) were patients with pulmonary TB and most of them (83.6%) were registered as new patients. Majority of the young patients with TB (93.2%) had a successful treatment outcome, and patients having sputum result 2+ or less and patients who did not have a previous history of TB were found to be significantly associated with a successful treatment outcome on multivariable analysis. CONCLUSION: There was a high treatment success rate noted in young patients with TB. More focus is needed to patients having a history of TB and sputum result >2+. Targeted interventions can be designed for these groups in future programmatic strategies to reduce disease burden in this section of young population.