Pattern of drug resistance in multi drug resistant tuberculosis patients in Punjab, Pakistan
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Pattern of drug resistance in multi drug resistant tuberculosis patients in Punjab, Pakistan
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The prevalence rate of tuberculosis and drug resistance (DR), especially multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB), is a major public health problem in developing countries like Pakistan. The purpose of the current study was to see the frequency of drug resistance pattern of drug resistance tuberculosis (DR-TB) against 1st line anti-TB drugs. Drug susceptibility testing (DST) was performed for 473confirmed cultured positive isolates using proportion methods. The study period was started from November 2011 to June 2013 at a programmatic management of drug-resistant TB (PMDT) unit, Gulab Devi Chest Hospital Lahore, Pakistan. Out of the total, 291 (61.5%) patients were resistant to at least one anti-TB drugs and 246 (52%) were MDR-TB. Among 291 resistant patients, almost one-third of the patients were resistant to all the first-line drugs (n=113, 38.8%). The other prevalent resistance was found against rifampicin (n=277, 95.2%) and isoniazid (n=255, 87.6%) followed by ethambutol (n=181, 62.2%), streptomycin (n=176, 60.5%) and pyrazinamide (n=175, 60.1%). The proportion of males was relatively higher (n=151, 51.9%) than females, while previously treated patients were 175 (60.1%). Most of the cases were from age group 15-45 (81.1%) years, and belonged to the urban area (88.3%). Our study revealed high prevalence of drug-resistant TB, especially in the previously treated patients and young age peoples. Continuous monitoring of drug-resistant pattern of MDR-TB and their treatment is an essential requirement for future control in developing countries like Pakistan.
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