Incidence of multidrug resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a tertiary care hospital in South India--a prospective study.
J Commun Dis
; 44(3): 151-5, 2012 Sep.
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-25145062
ABSTRACT
Multidrug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) is one worrisome element in this era of pandemic antibiotic resistance. This demands a need for diagnosis, and incidence of primary and acquired resistance to help in better management. Smear positive respiratory samples collected over a period of one year were processed for detection of M. tuberculosis, using biochemical methods and susceptibility to p-nitro benzoic acid. Finally, strains detected by the above method were subjected to susceptibility for 2 drugs--Isoniazid and Rifampicin by Absolute concentration method to detect multidrug resistant strains and mono-resistant strains. The study showed primary and acquired resistance for both drugs to be 1.25% and 19% respectively. The data was consistent with the prevalence values available from studies both in India and globally. Finally our study showed MDR-TB to be present more in default patients than new cases.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Tuberculose Resistente a Múltiplos Medicamentos
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis
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Antituberculosos
Tipo de estudo:
Incidence_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
País/Região como assunto:
Asia
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2012
Tipo de documento:
Article