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Chinese Journal of Antituberculosis ›› 2024, Vol. 46 ›› Issue (12): 1490-1495.doi: 10.19982/j.issn.1000-6621.20240181

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Analysis of drug resistance in clinical isolates from 610 elderly tuberculosis patients

Xu Henan1, Lai Congjuan1, Zhang Zunjing2, Guo Jing2, Xu Lixia1, Zhang Ying3, Liu Zhongda2()   

  1. 1Department of Clinical Laboratory Medicine, Lishui Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital Affiliated to Zhejiang University of Traditional Chinese Medicine,Lishui 323000,China
    2Department of Tuberculosis, Lishui Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital Affiliated to Zhejiang University of Traditional Chinese Medicine,Lishui 323000,China
    3State Key Laboratory of Infectious Diseases Diagnosis and Treatment, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine,Hangzhou 310003,China
  • Received:2024-05-09 Online:2024-12-10 Published:2024-12-03
  • Contact: Liu Zhongda:Email: ls2156198@163.com
  • Supported by:
    Zhejiang Province Traditional Chinese Medicine Science and Technology Plan Project(2023ZL801);Science and Technology Department of the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine-Zhejiang Provincial Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine Co-construction Science and Technology Programme Project(GZY-ZJ-KJ-23096)

Abstract:

Objective: To analyze the drug resistance characteristics of clinical isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) in elderly tuberculosis patients (≥60 years old) in a tuberculosis designated hospital in Lishui City, Zhejiang Province, China, offering insights for the prevention and control of drug-resistant tuberculosis in the elderly population of the region. Methods: Information on clinical isolates and samples from elderly tuberculosis patients visiting the Lishui Regional Tuberculosis Sentinel Hospital from 2018 to 2023 was collected. Resistance to first-line antituberculosis drugs (streptomycin, isoniazid, rifampicin, ethambutol) was detected using BACTEC MGIT 960 liquid drug susceptibility test and resistance characteristics were analyzed. Results: A total of 610 strains of MTB were included in the drug resistance detection and analysis. The overall drug resistance rate was 18.85% (115/610), and the multidrug resistance rate was 6.07% (37/610). The drug resistance rate of male patients was 19.38% (93/480), and that of female patients was 16.92% (22/130), with no statistically significant difference (χ2=0.402, P>0.05). The drug resistance rate among initial treatment patients was 18.18% (98/539), and that of retreated patients was 23.94% (17/71). Among them, the ethambutol resistance rate among retreated patients (8.45% (6/71)) was significantly higher than that among initial treatment patients (2.78% (15/539), χ2=6.063, P<0.05). The resistance rates for different drugs ranked as: isoniazid (14.59%, 89/610), streptomycin (8.85%, 54/610), rifampicin (7.38%,45/610), and ethambutol (3.44%, 21/610). The drug resistance patterns showed a total of 13 different drug resistance combinations. Among multidrug resistance combinations, the highest drug resistance rate was for “isoniazid+rifampicin+streptomycin”(2.62%,16/610). The drug resistance rate was 20.00% (19/95) in 2018 and 17.83% (23/129) in 2023, with no statistically significant difference for changing trend ( χ t r e n d 2=1.792, P>0.05). Conclusion: The drug resistance rate of MTB in elderly tuberculosis patients in Lishui Region has decreased in the past years, but the drug resistance situation is still severe.

Key words: Mycobacterium tuberculosis, The elderly, Tuberculosis, multidrug-resistant, Medicine sensitiveness test

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