Trends of anti-tuberculosis drug resistance pattern in new cases and previously treated cases of extrapulmonary tuberculosis cases in referral hospitals in northern India

• Published in: Journal of postgraduate medicine Vol. 58; no. 3; pp. 185 - 189
• Main Authors: Maurya, A K, Kant, S, Nag, V L, Kushwaha, R A S, Dhole, T N
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: India Medknow Publications and Media Pvt. Ltd 01.07.2012; Medknow Publications & Media Pvt. Ltd
• Subjects: Adult; Antitubercular agents; Antitubercular Agents - pharmacology; Confidence intervals; Drug resistance; Drug resistance in microorganisms; Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial; Female; Humans; India - epidemiology; Industry forecasts; Male; Medical equipment and supplies industry; Medical test kit industry; Methods; Microbial Sensitivity Tests; Middle Aged; Mortality; Mycobacterium tuberculosis - drug effects; Mycobacterium tuberculosis - isolation & purification; Prevalence; Prospective Studies; Public health; Referral and Consultation - statistics & numerical data; Referral and Consultation - trends; Socioeconomic Factors; Treatment Outcome; Trends; Tuberculosis; Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant - drug therapy; Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant - microbiology; Tuberculosis, Pulmonary - diagnosis; Tuberculosis, Pulmonary - drug therapy; Tuberculosis, Pulmonary - epidemiology; Tuberculosis, Pulmonary - microbiology; India; United States
• ISSN: 0022-3859; 0972-2823
• DOI: 10.4103/0022-3859.101379

Drug-resistant tuberculosis is one of major current challenges to global public health. The transmission of resistant strains is increasing as a burden of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) patients in extra pulmonary tuberculosis (EPTB) cases in India. The aim was to study trends of anti-tuberculosis drug resistance pattern in new cases and previously treated cases of EPTB in referral hospitals in northern India. A prospectively observational study and referral medical institutions in northern India. All EPTB specimens were processed for Ziehl Neelsen staining, BACTEC culture and BACTEC NAP test for Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex. All M. tuberculosis complex isolates were performed for radiometric-based drug susceptibility pattern against streptomycin, isoniazid, rifampicin and ethambutol using the 1% proportion method. We found that 165/756 (20.5%) isolates were identified as M. tuberculosis complex by the NAP test. We observed that 39.9% were resistant to first-line antitubercular drugs. The resistance rate was higher in previously treated patients: H (30.3%), R (16.3%), E (15.7%) and S (16.3%). MDR-TB was observed in 13.4%, but, in new cases, this was 11.4% and 19.1% of the previously treated patients (P<0.05). MDR-TB is gradually increased in EPTB cases and predominant resistance to previous treated cases of EPTB. The molecular drug sensitivity test (DST) method can be an early decision for chemotherapy in MDR-TB patients. The International Standards of TB Care need to be used by the RNTCP and professional medical associations as a tool to improve TB care in the country.