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Table 5 Results of drug susceptibility testing

From: Diagnostic performance of nucleic acid tests in tuberculous pleurisy

Susceptibility test

Primary TBP

(N = 204)

Retreatment TBP

(N = 19)

Total

(N = 223)

MDR

10 (4.9%)

10 (52.6%)

20 (9.0%)

Rifampicin

1 (0.5%)

0

1 (0.4%)

PDR

9 (4.4%)

1 (5.3%)

10 (4.5%)

Isoniazid

6 (2.9%)

3 (15.8%)

9 (4.0%)

Ethambutol

1 (0.5%)

0

1 (0.4%)

Streptomycin

59 (26.5%)

1 (2.4%)

60 (26.9%)

  1. TBP Tuberculous pleurisy, MDR Multidrug resistant, PDR Polydrug resistant