Table 3 Bronchoscopic examination characteristics of patients with MDR/RR/pre-XDR-TBTB using bedaquiline or delamanid or none.

From: Clinical outcomes of multidrug-resistant tracheobronchial tuberculosis receiving anti-tuberculosis regimens containing bedaquiline or delamanid

Characteristics, N (%)

Total (n = 101)

Bedaquiline (n = 32)

Delamanid (n = 25)

Non-bedaquiline or delamanid (n = 44)

χ2

P value

Subtypes of TBTB

    

0.535a

0.765

 Inflammatory infiltration

29 (28.7)

8 (25.0)

9 (36.0)

12 (27.3)

  

 Ulceration necrosis

33 (32.7)

13 (40.6)

6 (24.0)

14 (31.8)

  

 Granulation hyperplasia

15(14.9)

3 (9.4)

6 (24.0)

6 (13.6)

  

 Cicatrices stricture

24 (23.8)

8 (25.0)

4 (16.0)

12 (27.3)

  

 Tracheobronchial malacia

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

  

 Lymph fistula

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

  

Site of lesions

      

 Trachea

16 (15.8)

5 (15.6)

3 (12.0)

8 (18.2)

0.440b

0.939

 Right main bronchus

18 (17.8)

6 (18.8)

4 (16.0)

8 (18.2)

0.134b

> 0.999

 Right upper lobe bronchus

44 (43.6)

13 (40.6)

10 (40.0)

21 (47.7)

0.552

0.759

 Right middle bronchus

12 (11.9)

3 (9.4)

1 (4.0)

8 (18.2)

2.971b

0.196

 Right middle lobe bronchus

8 (7.9)

1 (3.1)

1 (4.0)

6 (13.6)

2.862b

0.285

 Right lower lobe bronchus

15 (14.9)

3 (9.4)

6 (24.0)

6 (13.6)

2.348b

0.304

 Left main bronchus

30 (29.7)

10 (31.3)

8 (32.0)

12 (27.3)

0.224

0.894

 Left upper lobe bronchus

43 (42.6)

17 (53.1)

13 (52.0)

13 (29.5)

5.420

0.067

 Left lower lobe bronchus

22 (21.8)

7 (21.9)

5 (20.0)

10 (22.7)

0.070

> 0.999

Number of lesions involved

    

1.011

0.603

 Single

48 (47.5)

13 (40.6)

12 (48.0)

23 (52.3)

  

 Multiple

53 (52.5)

19 (59.4)

13 (52.0)

21 (47.7)

  

Tracheobronchial stenosis

75 (74.3)

20 (62.5)

18 (72.0)

37 (84.1)

0.556a

0.757

 Mild

35 (34.7)

9 (28.1)

9 (36.0)

17 (38.6)

  

 Moderate

11 (10.9)

2 (6.3)

4 (16.0)

5 (11.4)

  

 Severe

29 (28.7)

9 (28.1)

5 (20.0)

15 (34.1)

  

Tracheobronchial obstruction

15 (14.9)

6 (18.8)

3 (12.0)

6 (13.6)

0.620b

0.821

  1. MDR-TBTB multidrug-resistant tracheobronchial tuberculosis, RR-TBTB rifampicin-resistant tracheobronchial tuberculosis.
  2. aKruskal-Wallis H Test.
  3. bFisher Exact Test.