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Chinese Journal of Antituberculosis ›› 2019, Vol. 41 ›› Issue (3): 364-368.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1000-6621.2019.03.023

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Analysis of 894 strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis resistance to first-line anti-tuberculosis drugs

Wei ZHAO1,Si-jie LIU1,3(),Ke-wei LI1,Li SHEN2,Xin LIU3,Peng QI3,Xiu-jun YANG1   

  1. 1 Department of Microbiology Testing, Jilin Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Changchun 130062, China
  • Received:2018-10-26 Online:2019-03-10 Published:2019-03-15
  • Contact: Si-jie LIU E-mail:0928lsj@163.com

Abstract:

The clinical isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in sputum specimens of 894 patients with tuberculosis in 9 Cities (States) of Jilin Province from January 2016 to March 2018 were collected and analyzed. The susceptibility tests of rifampicin (RFP), isoniazid (INH), streptomycin (Sm) and ethambutol (EMB) were carried out. Among 894 strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, 546 (61.07%) were susceptible to first-line drugs, 348 (38.93%) were resistant to first-line drugs. The resistance rate was 36.30% (265/730) for initial treatment cases and 50.61% (83/164) for retreatment cases, and the difference was statistically significant (χ 2=11.53, P=0.001). The total multidrug-resistance rate was 10.07% (90/894). The drug resistance rate was higher in retreatment cases (20.73%, 34/164) than initial treatment cases (7.67%, 56/730), and the difference was statistically significant (χ 2=25.23,P=0.001). The drug resistance rate of all patients to first-line anti-TB drugs was Sm (25.95%, 232/894)>INH (18.57%, 166/894)>RFP (17.23%, 154/894)>EMB (9.73%, 87/894). The tuberculosis patients in Jilin Province have high resistance to first-line drugs, especially the retreatment patients. The situation of drug-resistant tuberculosis prevention and control is still serious, and the prevention and control of tuberculosis needs to be strengthened.

Key words: Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Microbial sensitivity tests, Tuberculosis, multidrug-resistant, Data interpretation, statistical