Drug-resistant tuberculosis in Zhejiang Province, China, 1999-2008

Emerg Infect Dis. 2012 Mar;18(3):496-8. doi: 10.3201/eid1803.110760.

Abstract

To evaluate levels and trends in drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) in Zhejiang Province, China, we conducted 1 survey in each of 3 years (1999, 2004, and 2008). We found that <5% of new cases were multidrug-resistant TB. The prevalence of multidrug-resistant TB has not increased in new or re-treated cases in this province.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Antitubercular Agents / pharmacology
  • Antitubercular Agents / therapeutic use
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • China / epidemiology
  • Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis / drug effects
  • Prevalence
  • Risk Factors
  • Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant / drug therapy
  • Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant / epidemiology*
  • Young Adult

Substances

  • Antitubercular Agents