Volume 16, Number 9—September 2010
Dispatch
Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis, Pakistan
Rumina Hasan
, Kauser Jabeen, Asho Ali, Yasraba Rafiq, Rabia Laiq, Babar Malik, Mahnaz Tanveer, Ramona Groenheit, Solomon Ghebremichael, Sven Hoffner, and Zahra Hasan
, Kauser Jabeen, Asho Ali, Yasraba Rafiq, Rabia Laiq, Babar Malik, Mahnaz Tanveer, Ramona Groenheit, Solomon Ghebremichael, Sven Hoffner, and Zahra HasanTable 1
Frequency of multidrug-resistance and extensively drug-resistance among Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates, Pakistan, 2006–2009*
| Year | No. M. tuberculosis isolates | MDR isolates, no. (%) | MDR + ciprofloxacin-resistant isolates, no. (% of total MDR) | Total no. XDR isolates | XDR as % of total MDR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 1,917 | 728 (38) | 131 (18) | 11 | 1.5 |
| 2007 | 2,019 | 782 (39) | 168 (21.5) | 17 | 2.2 |
| 2008 | 2,584 | 991 (38) | 356 (36) | 32 | 3.2 |
| 2009 | 3,003 | 1,181 (39) | 512 (43) | 53† | 4.5 |
*MDR, multidrug resistant; XDR, extensively drug resistant.
†By trend analysis (p value for trend <0.01).
