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. 2016 Jun 8;7(2):35–40. doi: 10.5365/WPSAR.2016.7.2.002

Table 2. Pattern of resistance to anti-TB drugs in MDR-TB cases, the Fourth National Anti-Tuberculosis Drug Resistance Survey in Viet Nam, 2011.

  Total New cases Previously treated cases
  Number tested Resistance
n (%, 95% CI)
Number tested Resistance
n (%, 95% CI)
Number tested Resistance
n (%, 95% CI)
First-line drug
Ethambutol (EMB) 91 50 (54.9; 44.5–65.4) 46 29 (63.0; 48.6–77.5) 45 21 (46.7; 31.5–61.8)
Streptomycin (SM) 91 84 (92.3; 86.7–97.9) 46 44 (95.7; 89.5–100) 45 40 (88.9; 79.3–98.4)
Isoniazid (INH) 91 91 (100) 46 46 (100) 45 45 (100)
Rifampicin (RMP) 91 91 (100) 46 46 (100) 45 45(100)
Second-line drug
Amikacin (AM) 84 1 (1.2; 0–3.6) 41 0 (0) 43 1 (2.3; 0–7.0)
Capreomycin (CM) 84 5 (6.0; 0.8–11.1) 41 2 (4.9; 0–11.8) 43 3 (7.0; 0–14.9)
Kanamycin (KM) 84 5 (6.0; 0.8–11.1) 41 2 (4.9; 0–11.8) 43 3 (7.0; 0–14.9)
Ofloxacin (OFX) 84 15 (17.9; 9.4–26.2) 41 8 (19.5; 6.8–32.1) 43 7 (16.3; 4.7–27.8)
Pre-XDR-TB 84 15 (17.9; 9.4–26.2) 41 8 (19.5; 6.8–32.1) 43 7 (16.3; 4.7–27.8)
XDR-TB 84 5 (6.0; 0.8–11.1) 41 2 (4.9; 0–11.8) 43 3 (7.0; 0–14.9)
AM+CM+KM+OFX 84 1 (1.2; 0–3.6) 41 0 (0) 43 1 (2.3; 0–7.0)
CM+KM+OFX 84 5 (6.0; 0.8–11.1) 41 2 (4.9; 0–11.8) 43 3 (7.0; 0–14.9)

CI, confidence interval; TB, tuberculosis; and XDR-TB, extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis.