From: Resistance of Mycobacterium tuberculosis to antibiotics in Lao PDR: first multicentric study conducted in 3 hospitals
Number of patients with
Total
Vientiane
Thakhek
Luang Prabang
p
≥ 1 positive culture (%)
104
39 (37.5)
38 (36.5)
27 (26)
M. tuberculosis complex
87
34 (39.1)
31 (35.6)
22 (25.3)
0.7
NTM*
17
5 (29.4)
7 (41.2)