Antituberculosis Drug Resistance in Makarak Hospital

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  • Chartchai Kitiyanun, M.D. Division of Internal Medicine, Makarak Hospital, Kanchanaburi

Keywords:

drug resistance, tuberculosis

Abstract

     A retrospective study of 291 cases of AFB stained positive case in Makarak Hospital (Kanchanaburi province) were collected for mycobacterial culture during 1 January 2004 to 31 December 2006. Mycobacterium tuberculosis were isolated for 76 cases (26.2%). A susceptibility test shown that 76.4% were resistance to isoniazid, 71.1% were resistance to rifampicin, 65.8% were resistance to streptomycin, 26.4% were resistance to ethambutal. Multi drugs resistance TB (MDR-TB) were 71.1% which was much higher than 10 years ago. This study showed that the second line drug using today was well susceptible to the Drug Resistance tuberculosis.

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2018-06-27

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Kitiyanun C. Antituberculosis Drug Resistance in Makarak Hospital. Reg 4-5 Med J [Internet]. 2018 Jun. 27 [cited 2024 Sep. 21];26(4):351-6. Available from: https://he02.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/reg45/article/view/131049

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