Drug Resistance Tuberculosis inChaophayayommarat Hospital

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  • Elavin Pethplook, M.D. Division of Internal Medicine, Chaophayayommarat Hospital, Supanburi

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drug resistance, tuberculosis

Abstract

          A retrospective study of 313 cases of AFB stained positive case in Chaophayayommarat Hospital(Suphanburi province) were collected for mycobacterial culture during 1 January 2002 to 31 December 2004.Mycobacterium tuberculosis were isolated for 200 cases (63.9%) and 5 cases of mycobacterium aviumintracellulare complex (MAC) (2.5%) and susceptibility test shown that 16% were resistance to isoniazid,7.5% were resistance to rifampicin, 2% were resistance to ethambutol, 7.5% were resistance to streptomycin.Multi drugs resistance TB (MDR-TB) were found 6%

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2018-07-23

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Pethplook E. Drug Resistance Tuberculosis inChaophayayommarat Hospital. Reg 4-5 Med J [internet]. 2018 Jul. 23 [cited 2025 Dec. 28];24(2):141-6. available from: https://he02.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/reg45/article/view/136108

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