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Table 2 Drug resistance pattern of studied patients (n = 80)

From: Predictors of unsuccessful interim treatment outcomes of multidrug resistant tuberculosis patients

Variable

Patients n (%)

Resistance to FLD

 

  Names

  Resistance to HR

7 (8.8)

  Resistance to HRE

6 (7.5)

  Resistance to HRES

19 (23.8)

  Resistance to HRESZ

10 (12.5)

  Resistance to HRS

10 (12.5)

  Resistance to HRZ

1 (1.3)

  Resistance to HRZS

1 (1.3)

  Resistance to HREZ

3 (3.8)

  Results unavailable*

23 (28.8)

  Numbers

  2

7 (8.8)

  3

17 (21.3)

  4

23 (28.8)

  5

10 (12.5)

  Results unavailable*

23 (28.8)

Resistance to SLD

33 (41.3)

  Names

 

  Resistance to Ofx

31 (38.7)

  Resistance to Eto

1 (1.3)

  Resistance to Km

1 (1.3)

  Resistance to Ofx + Z

1 (1.3) †

  Resistance to Ofx + Eto

1 (1.3) †

  Results unavailable*

47 (58.7)

  Numbers

  1

31 (38.7)

  2

2 (2.6)

  Results unavailable

47 (58.7)

  1. * Results were not documented due to one of the following reasons: drug susceptibility testing results awaited, culture contamination, no growth of culture, leakage of sample during transportation and no sputum production by the patients
  2. † of the 31 Ofx-resistant patients
  3. E = Ethambutol; Eto = Ethionamide; FLD = First Line Drugs; H = Isoniazid; Km = Kanamycin; Ofx = Ofloxacin; R = Rifampicin; S = Streptomycin; SLD = Second Line Drugs; Z = Pyrazinamide
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