Jurnal Riset Kesehatan (May 2020)

DETECTION OF THE RESISTANCE OF MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS FROM SPECIMENS WITH TB PATIENTS IN SEMARANG BALKESMAS

  • Widodo Widodo,
  • Djoko Priyatno

DOI
https://doi.org/10.31983/jrk.v9i1.5583
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 16 – 19

Abstract

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Detection of the occurrence of resistance of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from sputum specimens of tuberculosis patients in BALKESMAS Semarang, using a non-experimental cross-sectional design with a non-intervention approach survey method, sputum samples of TB patients who did not convert during treatment Percentage of culture results from Nine patients was 33.3%, test DST from sensitive first-line OAT samples, morphological and size changes (1.82 - 1.87 µm), showed that first-line drugs were still effective for treatment in patients who took part in this study.

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