Prevalence of initial drug resistance of mycobacterium tuberculosis in northern Kerala

Abstract

50 patients with sputum smear positive pulmonary tuberculosis were evaluated for initial drug resistance to 4 first line anti-tuberculous drugs using Lowenstein Jenson method.17.7% of patients showed initial drug resistance out of which 2 were resistant to INH alone and 4 having multidrug resistant tuberculosis.

Keywords

• Initial drug resistance
• Multidrug resistance