As a result, there was a decreasing trend in the proportion of all TB cases from 2017/8 to 2019/20, which then showed a sharp increase in 2020/21, which finally displayed an increasing TB case trend from 20.0% to 21.9% with a smaller rate related to that of HIV-negative cases (19.7%–22.1%) due to the effect of the HIV-positive rate recorded, though it did not show a statistically significant difference (Fig. 1 ). 3.3.
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Treatment outcomes of tuberculosis cases by HIV status in Haramaya General Hospital, Ethiopia: A retrospective cross-sectional study.
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Overall, there was an increasing trend in TB cases, but the rate was smaller among HIV-positive cases compared to HIV-negative cases, although the difference was not statistically significant. 5.3.