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Table 2 Patients’ baseline drug resistance pattern

From: High rate of successful treatment outcomes among childhood rifampicin/multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in Pakistan: a multicentre retrospective observational analysis

Variables

Frequency (%)

Number and pattern drug resistance

 One

83 (39.0)

  R

83 (39.0)

 Two

32 (15.0)

  RH

31

  R + Eto

1

 Three

37 (17.4)

  RH + FQ

14

  RHZ

12

  RHS

5

  RHE

4

  RH + SLI

2

 Four

21 (9.9)

  RHEZ

9

  RHZ + FQ

5

  RHZS

3

  RHES

2

  REZS

1

  RHZ + SLI

1

 Five

25 (11.7)

  RHEZS

14

  RHEZ + FQ

8

  RHES + FQ

2

  RHZS + Eto

1

 Six

12 (5.6)

  RHEZS + FQ

12

 Seven

3 (1.4)

  RHEZS + FQ + Eto

3

 Resistance to R

213 (100)

 Resistance to H

129 (60.6)

 Resistance to E

54 (25.4)

 Resistance to Z

67 (31.5)

 Resistance to S

48 (21.9)

 Resistance to all five FLDs

29 (13.6)

 Resistance to any SLDs

50 (23.0)

 Resistance to FQs

45 (21.1)

 Resistance to any SLI

3 (1.4)

 Resistance to Eto

5 (2.3)

  1. E ethambutol, Eto ethionamide, FLDs first line anti-TB drugs, FQs fluoroquinolones, H isoniazid, R rifampicin, S streptomycin, SLDs second-line anti-TB drugs, SLI second line injectable, Z pyrazinamide