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Chinese Journal of Antituberculosis ›› 2024, Vol. 46 ›› Issue (3): 340-348.doi: 10.19982/j.issn.1000-6621.20230366

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Analysis of drug resistance situation results and rifampicin resistance characteristics in pulmonary tuberculosis patients in Tianshui City from 2015 to 2022

Li Jianghong1, Lei Caiying1, Yan Shuping1, Liu Xiaolan1, Yang Qi1, Wang Reqin2(), Liu Fang3, Yang Shumin3   

  1. 1Department of Tuberculosis Prevention and Control, Tianshui Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Gansu Province, Tianshui 741000, China
    2Department of Disinfection and Sterilization, Tianshui Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Gansu Province, Tianshui 741000, China
    3Department of Tuberculosis Control and Prevention, Gansu Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Lanzhou 730000, China
  • Received:2023-10-13 Online:2024-03-10 Published:2024-03-05
  • Contact: Wang Reqin, Email: 1073414183@qq.com
  • Supported by:
    Gansu Province Natural Science Foundation(21JrR7RA656)

Abstract:

Objective: Analyze the drug resistance situation and basic characteristics of rifampicin resistance in pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) patients from 2015 to 2022 in Tianshui City, Gansu Province, to provide scientific basis for optimizing the health policy of drug-resistant tuberculosis. Methods: Adopting a retrospective analysis method, we collected information of tuberculosis registration, laboratory testing, drug resistance screening and drug resistant tuberculosis diagnosis in Tianshui City from 2015 to 2022 from “China Disease Prevention and Control Information System” subsystem “Tuberculosis Management Information System”, analyzed etiologically positive rate among patients, drug susceptibility test results and resistance diagnosis time, etc. Results: From 2015 to 2022, a total of 8458 registered PTB patients were detected in Tianshui City, excluding tuberculous pleurisy, there were 7895 cases of PTB, with an etiologically positive rate of 28.32% (2236/7895), rising from 11.33% (177/1562) in 2015 to 61.30% (236/385) in 2022, showing an upward trend (χ t r e n d 2=1014.480, P=0.000). Among 2360 patients with PTB who should be screened for drug resistance in Tianshui City, the drug resistance screening rate was 85.00% (2006/2360), which increased from 54.80% (97/177) in 2015 to 93.39% (240/257) in 2022, showing an upward trend(χ t r e n d 2=397.292, P=0.000), and the detection rate of drug resistance in Tianshui City was 98.90% (1984/2006), and the rifampicin resistance rate was 15.73% (312/1984), which increased from 10.42% (10/96) in 2015 to 28.57% (62/217) in 2017 and then decreased to 11.34% (27/238) in 2022, showing a trend of firstly increasing and then decreasing(χ t r e n d 2=27.248, P=0.000). Among the 312 patients with rifampicin resistance, there were more males (198 cases, 63.46%) than females (114 cases, 36.54%), relatively concentrated among 20-29 years old (85 cases, 27.24%) and 40-49 years old (66 cases, 21.15%) patients, mainly farmers (213 cases, 68.27%), and sputum smear results were mostly positive (215 cases, 68.91%). The proportion of elderly patients (60-83 years old) increased from 9.52% (2/21) in 2016 to 25.93% (7/27) in 2022, showing a clear upward trend (χ t r e n d 2=4.801, P=0.028). The sputum smear positive rate decreased from 100.00% (10/10) in 2015 to 59.26% (16/27) in 2022, showing a downward trend(χ t r e n d 2=17.664, P=0.000). The top three drug resistance profiles were RFP+INH+EMB (26.92%, 84/312), RFP (26.28%, 82/312), and RFP+INH (23.40%, 73/312). The median (quartile) diagnosis time for drug-resistant patients had decreased year by year from 145 (91, 196) days in 2016 to 21 (12, 39) days in 2019. Conclusion: The etiologically positive rate and drug resistance screening rate of PTB patients in Tianshui City had been increasing year by year from 2015 to 2022, the detection rate of rifampicin resistance fluctuated greatly, the time for drug resistance diagnosis had been significantly shortened. It is suggested to increase efforts for screening rifampicin resistance in elderly PTB patients to reduce spread of drug-resistant tuberculosis.

Key words: Tuberculosis, pulmonary, Tuberculosis, resistant to multiple drugs, Health service research, Population monitoring, Tianshui City

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