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