Study of Resistance to First-Line Drugs in Multidrug Resistance Tuberculosis Suspects From Sputum Samples by Gold Standard – Standard Economic Variant 1% Proportion Method in North Coastal Andhra Pradesh
Abstract:Objectives: The objectives of the study were to culture Mycobacterium tuberculosis from sputum samples of multidrug resistance (MDR) suspects on Lowenstein-Jensen (LJ) media, to test for susceptibility and resistance to first-line antitubercular drugs rifampicin (RMP), isoniazid (INH), streptomycin (SM), and ethambutol (EMB) by conventional DST on LJ media by standard economic variant proportion (1%) method and to calculate the rate of MDR and pattern of drug resistance in MDR tuberculosis (MDR-TB) suspects.
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