Surveillance of resistance of Mycobacterium tuberculosis to anti-TB drugs in Cuba, 1995-1998.
Keywords:
resistance, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Multidrug-resistant
Abstract
Drug-resistance surveillance by means of culture and drug susceptibility test (DST) allows the estimation of the regional and global magnitude of multidrug-resistance (MDR). Two reports on anti-tuberculosis drug resistance by the WHO/IUATLD showed that drug-resistance TB varied widely across regions. This work determined the prevalence of drug resistance among new cases and among previously treated cases of tuberculosis in Cuba during the period 1995-1998. Drug resistance was determined using the proportion method in 1379 Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains to first line antituberculosis drugs (isoniazid, streptomycin, ethambutol and rifampicin). The resistance in new cases was 8.3% and 6.5%; MDR was 0.7% and 0% in the first and second study respectively. The contributed data through Cuba demonstrated that our country is relatively free of MDR strains, recognizing it to world level the good tuberculosis-control programs and the success of the application in our country of the directly-observed-treatment strategy from the year 1971.Downloads
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Montoro E, Echemendía M, Lemus D, Marrero A, Llanes MJ, Valdivia JA. Surveillance of resistance of Mycobacterium tuberculosis to anti-TB drugs in Cuba, 1995-1998. Biomed. [Internet]. 2004 Jun. 1 [cited 2025 Apr. 9];24(Sup1):80-4. Available from: https://revistabiomedicaorg.biteca.online/index.php/biomedica/article/view/1306
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2004-06-01
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