High prevalence of primary drug resistance in children with intrathoracic tuberculosis in India

BACKGROUND: Drug susceptibility testing (DST) of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) isolates is crucial for the effective treatment of tuberculosis. Data on DST patterns in Mtb isolates in childhood tuberculosis are scanty.

AIMS: To determine drug resistance patterns in Mtb isolates from a paediatric TB cohort in North India.

METHODS: 403 children aged 6 months to14 year with probable intrathoracic tuberculosis were enrolled prospectively. All were treatment-naïve. 802 ambulatory-induced sputa (IS) and 787 gastric aspirate (GA) samples were cultured in BACTEC-MGIT960 system, and DST of the Mtb isolates was undertaken using the automated BACTEC-MGIT960 SIRE kit.

RESULTS: Of the 403 children, 147 (36.4%) were culture-confirmed: 132 (89.8%) isolates were Mtb and 15 (10.2%) non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM). Five Mtb isolates were contaminated and the remaining 127 were subjected to in-vitro drug susceptibility testing against streptomycin, isoniazid, rifampicin and ethambutol. Twenty-six (20.47%) isolates were resistant to one or more drugs, seven (5.5%) were resistant to rifampicin singly or in combination, and 11 (8.7%) were resistant to isoniazid singly or in combination. Mono-resistance to isoniazid, rifampicin, streptomycin and ethambutol was detected in four (3.1%), one (0.8%), four (3.1%) and two (1.6%), respectively. Five children (3.9%) had MDR-TB; 101 (79.9%) children had Mtb isolates which were sensitive to all four drugs.

CONCLUSIONS: The rifampicin and isoniazid resistance rates were much higher than those in the adult TB population in India.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2016

Erschienen:

2016

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:36

Enthalten in:

Paediatrics and international child health - 36(2016), 3 vom: 02. Aug., Seite 214-8

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Prajapati, Suneel [VerfasserIn]
Upadhyay, Kriti [VerfasserIn]
Mukherjee, Aparna [VerfasserIn]
Kabra, S K [VerfasserIn]
Lodha, Rakesh [VerfasserIn]
Singh, Varinder [VerfasserIn]
Grewal, Harleen M S [VerfasserIn]
Singh, Sarman [VerfasserIn]
Delhi Pediatric TB Study Group [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Antitubercular Agents
Gastric lavage
India
Induced sputum
Journal Article
Multi-drug-resistant TB
Rifampicin
Tuberculosis

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Date Completed 31.01.2017

Date Revised 31.01.2017

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1179/2046905515Y.0000000041

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM249748339