Table 2

Observed drug resistance in new, previously treated (PT) and all tuberculosis cases in different provinces in China

Province

Resistance to

Any drug

Rifampcin

Isoniazid

Ethambutol

Streptomycin

MDR-TB

New

PT

All

New

PT

All

New

PT

All

New

PT

All

New

PT

All

New

PT

All


Henan (1996)

35.0

66.0

51.4

14.6

43.5

23.9

24.0

48.8

37.1

7.7

18.9

13.6

26.0

50.7

39.1

10.8

34.4

23.3

Shandong

17.6

50.0

23.4

3.8

23.2

7.2

11.3

40.5

22.4

1.7

10.5

6.8

12.2

34.5

25.9

2.9

19.6

5.9

Zhejiang

14.8

59.3

21.6

6.4

44.4

12.2

11.2

51.4

17.5

4.7

18.0

6.8

8.9

34.2

12.8

4.5

34.5

9.0

Guangdong

18.0

33.7

20.2

7.1

19.9

8.7

11.4

22.3

12.5

3.6

7.8

4

9.3

16.9

10.1

5.3

15.7

6.6

Hubei

17.5

44.5

23.3

3.8

26.9

8.8

9.7

33.2

14.8

0.6

8.8

2.4

11.4

25.6

14.5

2.1

21.8

6.4

Liaoning

42.1

55.8

43.3

11.4

29.1

13.1

25.3

41.9

26.9

3.8

14.0

4.8

34.1

41.9

34.8

10.4

24.2

11.7

Henan (2001)

29.8

60.8

35.5

9.6

42.6

15.5

17.0

47.2

22.4

4.3

18.1

6.8

22.2

43.0

25.9

7.8

36.6

12.9

Inner Mongolia

35.7

65.3

44.8

9.6

45.3

20.5

20.3

56.5

30.3

8.9

31.8

15.3

21.3

29.9

23.7

7.0

36.8

16.1

Beijing

17.9

35.1

20.1

4.2

14.9

5.6

8.7

24.7

10.8

4.1

9.1

4.8

9.1

21.4

10.7

2.3

11.7

3.5

Shanghai

15.4

27.5

17.9

4.8

15.0

7.0

11.7

21.5

13.3

3.0

10.0

4.5

8.1

12.5

9.0

3.9

12.5

5.7

Heilongjiang

36.1

67.9

42.8

10.6

40.4

16.9

16.9

48.0

23.6

5.9

24.5

9.8

24.3

32.3

26.0

7.2

30.4

12.1

Weighted mean*

24.3

51.8

29.5

7.2

31.5

11.8

14.0

39.2

19.6

3.3

14.5

6.0

16.4

31.1

20.5

5.4

25.6

9.3


* the weighted mean for the 10 provinces excludes 1996 Henan data

He et al. BMC Infectious Diseases 2008 8:166   doi:10.1186/1471-2334-8-166

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