Acid-fast bacilli culture positivity and drug resistance in abdominal tuberculosis in Mumbai, India

• Published in: Indian journal of gastroenterology Vol. 33; no. 5; pp. 414 - 419
• Main Authors: Samant, Hrishikesh, Desai, Devendra, Abraham, Philip, Joshi, Anand, Gupta, Tarun, Rodrigues, Camilla, George, Siji
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: India Springer India 01.09.2014
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Antitubercular Agents - pharmacology; Drug Resistance, Bacterial; Female; Gastroenterology; Hepatology; Humans; India - epidemiology; Male; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Microbial Sensitivity Tests - methods; Middle Aged; Mycobacterium tuberculosis - drug effects; Mycobacterium tuberculosis - isolation & purification; Original Article; Prevalence; Retrospective Studies; Tuberculosis, Gastrointestinal - epidemiology; Tuberculosis, Gastrointestinal - microbiology; Young Adult; India; MGIT; Bactec; Multidrug resistance; Granulomatous bowel disease

Background and Aim Culture positivity for Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTB) in abdominal tuberculosis (TB) using Lowenstein Jensen medium and Bactec system varies from 25 % to 36 %. Data on the prevalence of drug resistance in primary abdominal TB is scant. Our aim was to study the acid-fast...