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Volume 24, Number 3—March 2018
Research

Acquired Resistance to Antituberculosis Drugs in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland, 2000–2015

Miranda G. LoutetComments to Author , Jennifer A. Davidson, Tim Brown, Martin Dedicoat, H. Lucy Thomas, and Maeve K. Lalor
Author affiliations: Public Health England, London, UK (M.G. Loutet, J.A. Davidson, T. Brown, H.L. Thomas, M.K. Lalor); Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK (M. Dedicoat); University College London, London (M.K. Lalor)

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Table 1

Initial drug resistance profiles used to categorize resistance to anti-TB drugs*

Initial drug resistance profile Description of drug-resistance profile†
Drug sensitive Initially sensitive to both isoniazid and rifampin
Isoniazid resistance without MDR TB Initially resistant to isoniazid and sensitive to rifampin
Rifampin resistance without MDR TB Initially resistant to rifampin and sensitive to isoniazid
MDR TB Initially resistant to both isoniazid and rifampin

*MDR, multidrug-resistant; TB, tuberculosis.
†These profiles refer specifically to resistance to isoniazid and/or rifampin, but resistance to other drugs may also be present.

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