Research Article

Prevalence and Factors Associated with Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis (MDR-TB) among Presumptive MDR-TB Patients in Tigray Region, Northern Ethiopia

Table 3

Resistance pattern of Mycobacterium tuberculosis to isoniazid and/or rifampicin among TB culture-positive versus presumptive MDR-TB cases in Tigray Regional State, Ethiopia.

Anti-TB drugsTB culture-positive cases, N = 74Presumptive MDR-TB cases, N = 200
NumberPercentageNumberPercentage

Resistant to rifampicin (RMP)4459.54422.0
Resistant to isoniazid (INH)4256.84221.0
Resistant to RMP and INH3750.03718.5
Sensitive to RMP and INH2533.82512.5
RMP mono-resistance79.573.5
INH only resistance56.852.5

Rifampicin only and MDR- TB cases; isoniazid only and MDR-TB cases; “N” is the number of cases in the respective column.