Table 2. Prevalence of resistance to levofloxacin and pyrazinamide among new and previously treated isoniazid-resistant, rifampicin-susceptible TB (Hr-TB) cases.
Azerbaijan | Bangladesh | Belarus (city of Minsk) | Pakistan | Philippines | South Africa (Gauteng) | South Africa (KwaZulu Natal) | |
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Levofloxacin 1.5 mg/L | |||||||
New | 0/60, 0% | 0/37, 0% | 1/19, 5.3% | 13/112, 11.6% | 0/165, 0% | 0/39, 0% | 0/19, 0% |
(0%–6.0%) | (0%–9.5%) | (0.1%–26.0%) | (6.3%–19.0%) | (0%–2.2%) | (0%–9.0%) | (0%–17.6%) | |
Previously treated | 2/44, 4.5% | 0/10, 0% | 1/2, 50% | 4/14, 28.6% | 0/29, 0% | 0/10, 0% | 0/14, 0% |
(0.6%–15.5%) | (0%–30.8%) | (1.3%–98.7%) | (8.4%–58.1%) | (0%–11.9%) | (0%–30.8%) | (0%–23.2%) | |
Pyrazinamide (pncA sequencing) | |||||||
New | 3/62, 4.8% | 0/38, 0% | 1/20, 5.0% | 1/111, 0.9% | 2/111, 1.8% | 0/37, 0% | 0/19, 0% |
(1.0%–13.5%) | (0%–9.3%) | (0.1%–24.9%) | (0%–4.9%) | (0.2%–6.4%) | (0%–9.5%) | (0%–17.6%) | |
Previously treated | 3/43, 7.0% | 0/10, 0% | 1/3, 33.3% | 0/13, 0% | 1/9, 11.1% | 0/10, 0% | 0/14, 0% |
(1.5%–19.1%) | (0%–30.8%) | (0.8%–90.6%) | (0%–24.7%) | (0.3%–48.2%) | (0%–30.8%) | (0%–23.2%) | |
Any resistance to levofloxacin 1.5 mg/L or pyrazinamide (pncA sequencing) | |||||||
New | 3/60, 5.0% | 0/37, 0% | 1/19, 5.3% | 14/111, 12.6% | 2/110, 1.8% | 0/35, 0% | 0/19, 0% |
(1.0%–13.9%) | (0%–9.5%) | (0.1%–26.0%) | (7.0%–20.3%) | (0.2%–6.4%) | (0%–10.0%) | (0%–17.6%) | |
Previously treated | 3/43, 7.0% | 0/10, 0% | 1/2, 50% | 4/13, 30.8% | 1/9, 11.1% | 0/10, 0% | 0/14, 0% |
(1.5%–19.1%) | (0%–30.8%) | (1.3%–98.7%) | (9.1%–61.4%) | (0.3%–48.2%) | (0%–30.8%) | (0%–23.2%) | |
Combined resistance to levofloxacin 1.5 mg/L and pyrazinamide (pncA sequencing) | |||||||
New | 0/60, 0% | 0/37, 0% | 1/19, 5.3% | 0/111, 0% | 0/110, 0% | 0/35, 0% | 0/19, 0% |
(0%–6.0%) | (0%–9.5%) | (0.1%–26.0%) | (0%–3.3%) | (0%–3.3%) | (0%–10.0%) | (0%–17.6%) | |
Previously treated | 1/43, 2.3% | 0/10, 0% | 1/2, 50.0% | 0/13, 0% | 0/9, 0% | 0/10, 0% | 0/14, 0% |
(0.1%–12.3%) | (0%–30.8%) | (1.3%–98.7%) | (0%–24.7%) | (0%–33.6%) | (0%–30.8%) | (0%–23.2%) |
Data shown are number of patients resistant divided by number tested, proportion resistant (%) (95% confidence interval).
Abbreviations: Hr-TB, isoniazid-resistant, rifampicin-susceptible TB; TB, tuberculosis