Drug resistance characteristics of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates between 2014 and 2017 in Sichuan, China: A retrospective study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The prevalence of drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) has brought severe challenges to the prevention and control of tuberculosis. Studies have explored the status of antituberculosis drug (ATD) resistance in different regions of China. However, few studies have focused on DR-TB in Sichuan to date. Due to the large population in Sichuan, detailed investigations of the DR-TB burden in Sichuan are needed. The objective of this study was to investigate the drug resistance characteristics of TB isolates from tuberculosis patients with and without HIV (TB-HIV patients and TBw/oHIV patients) in Chengdu, Sichuan, China.

Methods

Isolates from respiratory samples of TBw/oHIV patients and TB-HIV patients hospitalized between January 2014 and December 2017 were collected. No

SUBMITTER: Zhou M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6312223 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature