Table 2. Resistance to first-line drugs in Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates, Belarus, 2010–2011.
Resistance | Isolates from new cases (n = 934) |
Isolates from previously treated cases (n = 410) |
All isolates (n = 1344) |
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No. | % (95% CI) | No. | % (95% CI) | No. | % (95% CI) | |||
Any first-line drug | 458 | 49.0 (46.2–51.9) | 335 | 81.7 (78.5–84.5) | 793 | 59.0 (56.7–61.3) | ||
Isoniazid | 377 | 40.4 (37.6–43.2) | 319 | 77.8 (74.4–80.9) | 696 | 51.8 (49.5–54.1) | ||
Rifampicin | 307 | 32.9 (30.3–35.6) | 316 | 77.1 (73.7–80.2) | 623 | 46.4 (44.1–48.7) | ||
MDR-TB | 302 | 32.3 (29.7–35.0) | 310 | 75.6 (72.1–78.8) | 612 | 45.5 (43.2–47.9) | ||
Ethambutol | 217 | 23.2 (20.9–25.7) | 227 | 55.4 (51.5–59.2) | 444 | 33.0 (30.9–35.3) | ||
Streptomycin | 421 | 45.1 (42.3–47.9) | 329 | 80.2 (77.0–83.1) | 750 | 55.8 (53.5–58.1) |
CI, confidence interval; MDR-TB, multidrug-resistant tuberculosis.