Table 2.
Characteristics of tuberculosis patients for whom drug-susceptibility testing was done
| Variable | No. (%) | Drug resistance | p value | MDR-TB | p value |
| No. (%) | No. (%) | ||||
| Total cases | 301 | 169 | 104 | ||
| Sex | |||||
| Male | 199 (66.11) | 104 (61.53) | 0.0578 | 63 (60.57) | 0.7452 |
| Female | 102 (33.88) | 65 (38.46) | 41 (39.42) | ||
| Age (years) | |||||
| ≤15 | 14 (4.65) | 11 (6.51) | 0.179 | 7 (6.73) | 0.595 |
| 16-65 | 280 (93.02) | 155 (91.71) | 96 (92.30) | ||
| >65 | 7 (2.32) | 3 (1.77) | 1 (0.96%) | ||
| Nature of specimen | |||||
| Pulmonary | 288 (95.68) | 166 (98.22) | 0.0140 | 103 (99.03) | 0.311 |
| Extra-pulmonary | 13 (4.32) | 3 (1.78) | 1 (0.96) | ||
| Type of resistance | |||||
| Primary resistance | 180 (59.80) | 71 (42.01) | <0.001 | 34 (32.69) | 0.0019 |
| Acquired resistance | 121 (40.19) | 98 (57.98) | 70 (67.30) | ||
DST=Drug-susceptibility testing;
MDR=Multidrug-resistant