Tuberc Respir Dis > Volume 42(6); 1995 > Article
Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases 1995;42(6):831-837.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4046/trd.1995.42.6.831    Published online December 1, 1995.
Drug-Resistant Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Kosin Medical Center.
Ji Ho Kim, Ji Hong Kim, Tae Won Jang, Maan Hong Jung
1Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Kosin University, Pusan, Korea.
2Department of Tuberculosis, National Masan Tuberculosis Hospital, Masan, Korea.
Abstract
BACKGROUND
We conducted a study to determine the factors associated with, patterns of, and proportion of cases of pulmonary tuberculosis with multiple drug-resistance at Kosin medical center in Pusan. METHODS: We abstracted data from 141 patients, who had active pulmonary tuberculosis and report forms of drug susceptibility between 1986 and 1994, and related the previous treatment history, the extent of lung involvement and the presence of cavities on chest X-ray films to the drug resistance. RESULTS: Overall, 59(41.8%) of the 141 cases of tuberculosis were resistant to at least one drug and 29(20.9%) of the 139 cases were resistant to isoniazid(INH) and rifampin(RIF). Among the 63 patients with previous tuberculosis therapy, 40(63.5%) had isolates that were drug-resistant and 24(38.1%) were multi-drug resistant. Among the 78 without previous therapy, 19(24.4%) had isolates that were drug-resistant and 5(7.5%) were multi-drug resistant. For all 141, resistance to INH was most common(39.0%) followed by RIF(21.6%), ethambutol(EMB, 16.3%), p-aminosalicylic acid(10.8%), streptomycin(SM, 8.7%), and pyrazinamide(PZA, 8.0%). INH, RIF and PZA resistances were independently associated with a history of previous tuberculosis therapy (odds ratio; 3.3, 7.2 and 10.8 respectively), and RIF and SM resistance were significantly high according to the extent of lung involvement on the chest films(odds ratio; 2.9 and 2.8 respectively). CONCLUSIONS: We conclude, (1) that all persons in whom pulmonary tuberculosis is diagnosed should initially receive at least four-drug therapy(INH, RIF, PZA, and EMB or SM), (2) that susceptibility testing be done in all culture-positive patient, and (3) that those with a history of previous tuberculosis therapy or those who have advanced pulmonary tuberculosis need very careful clinical and microbiological follow-up.
Key Words: Pulmonary tuberculosis, Drug resistant


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