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Chinese Journal of Antituberculosis ›› 2018, Vol. 40 ›› Issue (3): 292-295.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1000-6621.2018.03.015

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Analysis of drug resistance to anti-tuberculosis drugs of 115 retreatment smear-positive pulmonary tuberculosis

Lin ZHANG(),Jian KANG,Xiao-ping XIAN   

  1. Department of TB Control and Prevention,Shaanxi Provincial Institute for TB Control and Prevention,Xi’an 710048,China
  • Received:2017-11-20 Online:2018-03-10 Published:2018-05-14
  • Contact: Lin ZHANG E-mail:solar0929@126.com

Abstract:

Objective To investigate the status of drug resistance of 115 retreatment smear-positive tuberculosis patients and to analyze the causes of drug resistance.Methods We collected 115 retreatment smear-positive tuberculosis patients from Shaanxi Tuberculosis Prevention and Treatment Institute and newly registered outpatients from Xijing Hospital, and did the Mycobacterium isolation and strain identification with their sputum specimens. After strain culture, 97 Mycobacterium were isolated, of which 93 has obtained drug susceptibility testing (referred to as “susceptibility testing”) results. Mycoplasma strains were identified as 2 non- and 91 Mycobacterium tuberculosis. We took these 91 tuberculosis patients as research object, and did the susceptibility testing with six kinds of anti-TB drugs (rifampicin (RFP), isoniazid (INH), streptomycin (Sm), ethambutol (EMB), levofloxacin (Lfx), Kanamycin (Km)). We analyzed the status of drug resistance and further investigated the causes of drug resistance formation.Results For the 91 retreatment smear-positive tuberculosis patients, the total drug resistance rate was 42.86% (39/91), single-drug resistant rate was 30.77% (28/91), multi-drug resistant rate was 6.59% (6/91), the multidrug-resistant rate (MDR) was 4.40% (4/91) and the extensively drug resistant rate (XDR) was 1.10% (1/91). Single-drug resistant rates from high to low were: Lfx (12.09%, 11/91), Sm (7.69%, 7/91), RFP (5.49%, 5/91), INH (2.20%, 2/91), EMB (2.20%, 2/91), Km (1.10%, 1/91). Drug resistance analysis found, that medical factors accounted for 57.14% (16/28), patient’s own factors accounted for 28.57% (8/28), and the drug factors accounted for 14.29% (4/28).Conclusion The total drug resistant rate is relatively high for the 115 retreatment smear-positive tuberculosis patients, and the non-standard anti-TB drug treatment is the main cause for drug resistance.

Key words: Tuberculosis,pulmonary, Retreatment, Tuberculosis,multidrug-resistant, Data interpretation,statistical, Factor analysis,statistical