Multi-Resistant Tuberculosis in Western Algeria: about 36 Cases.

Autor: Guenaoui, K., Ouardi, A., Kanoun, K., Ouali, S., Harir, N.
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Zdroj: Egyptian Academic Journal of Biological Sciences, C Physiology & Molecular Biology; Winter/Spring2021, Vol. 13 Issue 1, p149-157, 9p
Abstrakt: Multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) is defined by the loss of susceptibility of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex strains to the two major anti-tuberculosis drugs: isoniazid (H) and Rifampicin (R). This resistance may be acquired or primary. The aim of our study was to describe the epidemiological, clinical, bacteriological and evolutionary profile of multi-resistant tuberculosis patients in Western Algeria. To do so, a retrospective analytical study, which included 36 patients, was carried out in the pneumo-phthisiology department (B) of the Oran University Hospital (West Algeria) from January 2010 to December 2014. Our result showed an average age of 33.7 years. The risk factors for MDRTB highlighted were tobacco (n=12; 33.3%), alcoholism (n=1; 2.8%) and family history of MDR-TB (n=3; 8.33). Primary MDR-TB was present in 11.11% of cases and secondary MDR-TB in 88.89% of cases. There was resistance to H and R in 13.8% of cases (n=5); to H, R and Streptomycin (S) in 50% of cases (n=18); to H, R and Ethambutol (E) in 5.6% of cases (n=2). The percentage of patients who had lost the sensitivity of the Bacillus to the four first-line anti-tuberculosis drugs (H, R, S, and E) was 25% of all patients tested (n=9) and H, R, S, and Ofloxacin (O) in one case. Five patients died. The rate of primary resistance found in this study constitutes a threat to efforts to control MDR tuberculosis in Algeria. It is therefore important to update the results and assess the extent of the problem. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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