The study of cross-resistance of MTB to certain anti-tuberculosis drugs among tuberculosis patients in Tomsk Region

Abstract

The objective of the study: to assess the prevalence of drug resistance of tuberculous mycobacteria (MTB) to pyrazinamide, linezolid, cross-resistance to fluoroquinolones, and cross-resistance to injectable anti-tuberculosis drugs among tuberculosis patients in Tomsk Region.Subjects and methods. The data of 814 patients with tuberculosis were analyzed. Of them, drug susceptibility test to pyrazinamide was performed in 812 patients; ofloxacin, levofloxacin, moxifloxacin – in 475 patients; kanamycin, amikacin, capreomycin – in 301 patients, and linezolid – in 423 patients.Results. The frequency of resistance to pyrazinamide is the highest in patients who were treated with pyrazinamide in the past (relapses and chronic cases). In the patients resistant to ofloxacin, the frequency of susceptibility to levofloxacin is low (16.9%), while susceptibility to moxifloxacin is higher (41.3%). The cross-resistance of MTB to kanamycin and amikacin makes less than 50% in the cases resistant to one of these two drugs. 38.6% of patients with poly-resistance to kanamycin and capreomycin, remain sensitive to amikacin. The level of MTB resistance to linezolid was minimal – 2.8% of those examined.

Keywords

• туберкулез
• лекарственная устойчивость
• пиразинамид
• фторхинолоны
• инъекционные препараты
• линезолид