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Chinese Journal of Antituberculosis ›› 2018, Vol. 40 ›› Issue (2): 183-188.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1000-6621.2018.02.014

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Analysis of drug susceptibility testing results of 881 patients with suspected multidrug-resistant pulmonary tuberculosis

Xin-yu YANG,Jun-li YI,Qing XING,Li-li TIAN,Xiao-wei DAI,Jie ZHANG,Nen-han WANG,Yan-feng ZHAO,Su-min WANG,Bei-chuan DING   

  1. Central Laboratory of Beijing Research Institute for Tuberculosis Control, Beijing 100035, China
  • Received:2017-11-29 Online:2018-02-10 Published:2018-03-14

Abstract: Objective

To analyze the drug resistance situation of patients with suspected multidrug-resistant pulmonary tuberculosis (MDR-PTB) in TB control institutes and TB designated hospitals in Beijing, to provide suggestions for clinical diagnosis, treatment, and control.

Methods

We made a retrospective analysis, including preliminary bacteria identification and drug susceptibility testing of the bacteria isolated from the positive sputum specimens of the 881 suspected MDR-PTB patients from 14 TB control institutes and 6 TB designated hospitals in Beijing between January 2014 and December 2016. We collected their drug susceptibility testing results against INH, RFP, Sm, EMB, Lfx, Am, Cm, Pto, and PAS. SPSS 17.0 was used for statistical analysis. We analyzed and summarized the drug resistance situation of suspected MDR-PTB patients in those 3 years.

Results

In the 881 suspected MDR-PTB patients, the isolation rate of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex group was 88.6% (781/881). The isolation rate of non-tuberculous mycobacterium (NTM) was 11.4% (100/881). The total drug resistant rate of the clinical isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex group was 33.3% (260/781). The multidrug-resistance (MDR) rate was 17.2% (134/781). The proportion of high-level of resistance rates (defined as >67.0%) against the four first-line TB drugs (INH, RFP, Sm and EMB) was 69.0% (127/184), 57.1% (92/161), 60.5% (107/177) and 31.7%(19/60) respectively.

Conclusion

It is very necessary to carry out a drug sensitive test for the suspected MDR-PTB patients in Beijing, and the epidemic situation of TB resistance faced in Beijing is still very severe.

Key words: Tuberculosis, pulmonary, Drug resistance, bacterium, Microbial sensitivity tests, Beijing