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. 2020 Feb 22;20:164. doi: 10.1186/s12879-020-4887-1

Table 2.

Frequency of first and second-line drug resistance of MDR-TB in HCMC, 2011–2015

Drug resistance n/ total tested (%)
Patients with DST resulta 490
First line drugs
 Pyrazinamide 210/382 (55.0%)
 Ethambutol 298/472 (63.1%)
 Streptomycin 438/455 (96.3%)
Second-line drugs
 Fluoroquinolonesb 48/378 (12.7%)
 Any injectable agentsc 31/384 (8.1%)
 All injectable agents 9/115 (7.8%)
 Cycloserine 2/240 (0.8%)
 Ethionamide/Prothionamide 21/223 (9.4%)

a A total of 502 DST of 490 patients were retrievable

b fluoroquinolones include moxifloxacin, levofloxacin, ofloxacin

c injectable agents include kanamycin, amikacin and capreomycin