Volume 8, Number 11—November 2002
Research
Rifampin- and Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis in Russian Civilians and Prison Inmates: Dominance of the Beijing Strain Family
Francis Drobniewski*
, Yanina Balabanova*, Michael Ruddy*, Laura Weldon*, Katya Jeltkova†, Timothy Brown*, Nadezdna Malomanova‡, Elvira Elizarova‡, Alexander Melentyey§, Ebgeny Mutovkin§, Svetlana Zhakharova‡, and Ivan Fedorin‡
, Yanina Balabanova*, Michael Ruddy*, Laura Weldon*, Katya Jeltkova†, Timothy Brown*, Nadezdna Malomanova‡, Elvira Elizarova‡, Alexander Melentyey§, Ebgeny Mutovkin§, Svetlana Zhakharova‡, and Ivan Fedorin‡Table 4
Number and proportion of rifampin resistant isolates within Beijing family at each center
| Location | No. of Beijing isolates | No. of Beijing isolates resistant to rifampin (%) | No. of isolates resistant to rifampin | % of rifampin-resistant isolates |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All | 94 | 65 (69.1) | 78 | 83.3 |
| Prison TB colony | 40 | 31 (77.5) | 36a | 86.1 |
| City hospital 1 | 18 | 14 (77.8) | 18 | 77.8 |
| Novokuibyshevsk town laboratory | 12 | 7 (58.3) | 9 | 77.8 |
| Oblast regional TB laboratory | 14 | 10 (71.4) | 11 | 90.9 |
aFour gave no amplification; numbers too small to evaluate for city dispensary l.
