<![CDATA[Patients infected with resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis strain will be very difficult to cure by standard treatment. To evaluatethe drug resistance of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. A Cross sectional study was performed from January until July 2005. Samples wereobtained from sputum of the suspect tuberculosis. All samples were cultured in Lowenstein-Jensen Media and followed by sensitivity testaccording to resistance ratio method. Of 236 samples, there were 30% positive cultures. The percentage of mono-resistance to Isoniazidwas 70%, to Rifampicin 64.3%, to Ethambutol 62.8% and Streptomycin 64.3%. The percentage of Multi Drug Resistant Tuberculosis(MDR-TB) was 20–40% and the percentage of poly-resistant (Ethambutol and Streptomycin) was 47.1%. The percentage of suspecttuberculosis with positive culture was 30%. There were also found high percentage of mono-resistant, poly-resistant and MDR-TB.]]>
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