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Table 3 Comparison of frequency of additional drug resistance in MDR and non-MDR TB patients at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital Chest Clinic, Accra

From: A cross-sectional study of tuberculosis drug resistance among previously treated patients in a tertiary hospital in Accra, Ghana: public health implications of standardized regimens

Characteristic

Non-MDR-TB (N = 81)

MDR-TB (N = 31)

P value

Streptomycin resistance

  

< 0.001

 Yes

20 (24.7%)

23 (74.2%)

 

 No

61 (75.3%)

8 (25.8%)

 

Ethambutol resistance

  

<  0.001

 Yes

1 (1.2%)

7 (22.6%)

 

 No

80 (98.8%)

24 (77.4%)

 
  1. MDR-TB multidrug resistant tuberculosis