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Chinese Journal of Antituberculosis ›› 2003, Vol. 25 ›› Issue (1): 16-20.

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Methodological study on drug susceptibility testing for Mycobacterium

LIU Yu hong,JIANG Guang lu,ZHAO Li ping,et al.   

  1. Beijing Tuberculosis & Thoracic Tumor Research Institute,Beijing 101149
  • Online:2003-01-10 Published:2003-11-03

Abstract: Objective To analyze the comparability between proportion method and absolute concentration method in drug susceptibility testing (DST).Methods 453 isolates from nationwide epidemiological survey were subjected to susceptibility testing against 4 anti tuberculosis drugs using both proportion method and absolute concentration method.Results The resistance to each of 4 drugs in 402 M.tuberculosis isolates did not show statistically significant difference between two methods.In 51 NTM isolates,only was the resistance to EMB significantly higher in proportion method than in absolute concentration method.The accordance rate between two Methods was 96.2%、97.1%,98.7% and 96.9% for INH,SM,RFP and EMB respectively.Conclusion The accordance between proportion method and absolute concentration method is high,and the Results obtained by using proportion method are comparable with both international standard and previous data of our country.

Key words: Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Drug resistance, Methodology